The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Imtiaz Goondiwalla finished 494th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:01:52.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:01. The race faded late: the second half went 3:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:07Running 1 3:58v median −0:04
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Block 02 11:55Running 2 5:52v median +0:06
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Block 03 13:38Running 3 6:26v median +0:07
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Block 04 16:24Running 4 6:45v median +0:24
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 7:11v median +0:35
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Block 06 9:15Running 6 6:36v median +0:11
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Block 07 14:43Running 7 6:46v median +0:18
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Block 08 23:13Running 8 9:32v median +1:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:01
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.