The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shimfit Mathlaela finished 553rd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:10:59.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:38 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:11 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 7:43Running 1 2:40v median −1:22
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Block 02 14:35Running 2 8:27v median +2:41
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Block 03 19:08Running 3 11:37v median +5:18
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Block 04 17:37Running 4 11:37v median +5:16
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Block 05 14:19Running 5 8:39v median +2:03
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 8:29v median +2:04
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Block 07 17:34Running 7 11:42v median +5:14
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Block 08 20:52Running 8 9:34v median +1:53
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:26
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.