The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:00:55 at Johannesburg 2025 put Eben Wagner 483rd of 652 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:59 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:21 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 7:52Running 1 3:08v median −0:54
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Block 02 12:52Running 2 8:23v median +2:37
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Block 03 15:06Running 3 8:55v median +2:36
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Block 04 15:27Running 4 8:42v median +2:21
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Block 05 14:19Running 5 9:05v median +2:29
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Block 06 11:25Running 6 8:53v median +2:28
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Block 07 15:47Running 7 8:56v median +2:28
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Block 08 18:04Running 8 10:14v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:11
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.