The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:09:27 at Johannesburg 2025 put Shady Govindasamy 544th of 652 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. The sled pull cost the most time: 5:54 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:13 better 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 9:09Running 1 4:22v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 7:11v median +1:25
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Block 03 21:47Running 3 9:55v median +3:36
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Block 04 18:00Running 4 10:23v median +4:02
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Block 05 13:05Running 5 8:17v median +1:41
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Block 06 11:05Running 6 8:40v median +2:15
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Block 07 14:16Running 7 8:59v median +2:31
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Block 08 17:52Running 8 10:51v median +3:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:22
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.