The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Andile Mbeje finished 502nd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:03:28.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:40 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:48 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 12:04Running 1 7:02v median +3:00
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Block 02 12:06Running 2 6:38v median +0:52
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 6:41v median +0:22
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Block 04 15:38Running 4 7:03v median +0:42
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Block 05 12:50Running 5 7:17v median +0:41
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:06v median +0:41
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Block 07 13:23Running 7 7:06v median +0:38
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Block 08 23:51Running 8 8:31v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:22
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.