The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:03:12 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thabiso Lekoana 501st of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 57% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 8:17 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:52 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 300 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:13 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:44Running 1 5:06v median +1:04
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Block 02 13:28Running 2 8:05v median +2:19
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 5:29v median −0:50
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Block 04 17:18Running 4 5:18v median −1:03
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Block 05 11:16Running 5 5:40v median −0:56
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Block 06 7:41Running 6 5:33v median −0:52
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 5:38v median −0:50
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Block 08 24:46Running 8 7:49v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:42
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.