The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:22 at Johannesburg 2025 put Mpho Galane 469th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 46% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:39. A harder second half: 4:12 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:13 more than the average race this season, going by 300 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:42Running 1 4:25v median +0:23
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 6:00v median +0:14
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 6:30v median +0:11
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Block 04 16:40Running 4 6:32v median +0:11
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Block 05 13:08Running 5 7:19v median +0:43
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 6:26v median +0:01
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 6:49v median +0:21
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Block 08 24:20Running 8 8:01v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 646
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 646 men who finished.