The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Syamdumisa Buthelezi finished 533rd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:07:21.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 10:17 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:05Running 1 3:57v median −0:05
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Block 02 12:38Running 2 6:56v median +1:10
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Block 03 14:23Running 3 7:01v median +0:42
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Block 04 15:41Running 4 6:54v median +0:33
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Block 05 12:29Running 5 6:49v median +0:13
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:50v median +0:25
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Block 07 15:07Running 7 7:20v median +0:52
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Block 08 27:53Running 8 8:56v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.