The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:47 at Johannesburg 2025 put Nkosingithandile Zungu 556th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:06. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:05 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:13 more than the average race this season, going by 300 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:11Running 1 4:53v median +0:51
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Block 02 11:41Running 2 6:05v median +0:19
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Block 03 15:23Running 3 6:19v median +0:00
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Block 04 16:14Running 4 6:27v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 6:35v median −0:01
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Block 06 10:16Running 6 7:35v median +1:10
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Block 07 15:54Running 7 7:03v median +0:35
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Block 08 19:11Running 8 8:53v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:57
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.