The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthews Malatji finished 521st of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:05:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 51% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:00 on the median. A harder second half: 6:25 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 8:57Running 1 4:07v median +0:05
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Block 02 12:44Running 2 8:35v median +2:49
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Block 03 13:47Running 3 8:49v median +2:30
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Block 04 16:28Running 4 8:56v median +2:35
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Block 05 16:05Running 5 10:00v median +3:24
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Block 06 12:37Running 6 10:09v median +3:44
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Block 07 15:35Running 7 10:03v median +3:35
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Block 08 18:29Running 8 10:14v median +2:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:05
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.