The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:12:50 at Johannesburg 2025 put Tseko Hlapho 560th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 34% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 10:08. A harder second half: 9:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:32Running 1 4:53v median +0:51
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Block 02 11:47Running 2 6:37v median +0:51
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Block 03 14:38Running 3 6:45v median +0:26
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Block 04 17:15Running 4 6:42v median +0:21
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:47v median +0:11
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Block 06 11:06Running 6 6:46v median +0:21
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Block 07 16:06Running 7 7:09v median +0:41
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Block 08 29:09Running 8 10:21v median +2:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:16
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.