The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:06:18 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thando Bakumeni 525th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 12% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 6:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 5:12 slower at Johannesburg 2025 than at Cape Town 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:27v median +0:25
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Block 02 11:26Running 2 6:23v median +0:37
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 6:31v median +0:12
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Block 04 18:15Running 4 6:40v median +0:19
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Block 05 13:16Running 5 7:31v median +0:55
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 8:04v median +1:39
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Block 07 15:31Running 7 8:12v median +1:44
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Block 08 23:24Running 8 8:06v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:18
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.