The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:08:35 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thabo Manenje 540th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:56. The race faded late: the second half went 5:47 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:50Running 1 5:14v median +1:12
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 6:44v median +0:58
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Block 03 14:28Running 3 6:59v median +0:40
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Block 04 16:47Running 4 7:10v median +0:49
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Block 05 13:32Running 5 7:31v median +0:55
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 6:56v median +0:31
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Block 07 13:41Running 7 7:05v median +0:37
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Block 08 26:40Running 8 9:04v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:25
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.