The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:12:19 at Johannesburg 2025 put Mpho Moepshe 557th of 652 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 39% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 6:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:17, behind 90% of the field.
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 9:36Running 1 4:18v median +0:16
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Block 02 13:02Running 2 8:52v median +3:06
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Block 03 17:03Running 3 9:28v median +3:09
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Block 04 16:02Running 4 9:13v median +2:52
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Block 05 14:56Running 5 9:13v median +2:37
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Block 06 11:51Running 6 9:23v median +2:58
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 7:05v median +0:37
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Block 08 22:11Running 8 12:56v median +5:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:17
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.