The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:37 at Johannesburg 2025 put Siyabonga Buthelezi 520th of 652 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:04. A harder second half: 4:21 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:35 in the roxzone was slower than 91% of the field.
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 9:05Running 1 3:43v median −0:19
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 6:43v median +0:57
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Block 03 16:06Running 3 8:27v median +2:08
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Block 04 14:43Running 4 6:39v median +0:18
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Block 05 13:41Running 5 7:28v median +0:52
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Block 06 10:59Running 6 8:33v median +2:08
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Block 07 13:59Running 7 7:16v median +0:48
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Block 08 21:23Running 8 9:39v median +1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:35
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.