The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:58 at Johannesburg 2025 put Malvin Tembedza 497th of 652 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 7% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:04 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:13.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:28Running 1 3:54v median −0:08
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Block 02 11:29Running 2 8:57v median +3:11
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Block 03 14:39Running 3 9:41v median +3:22
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Block 04 18:39Running 4 9:42v median +3:21
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Block 05 15:02Running 5 9:57v median +3:21
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Block 06 11:15Running 6 10:12v median +3:47
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Block 07 14:39Running 7 9:57v median +3:29
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Block 08 18:01Running 8 10:36v median +2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:53
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.