The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:12:52 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thomas Ngake 561st of 652 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:43 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 16:44, behind 96% of the field.
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 11:25Running 1 6:16v median +2:14
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Block 02 10:21Running 2 5:53v median +0:07
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Block 03 15:12Running 3 6:31v median +0:12
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 6:44v median +0:23
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Block 05 14:54Running 5 9:22v median +2:46
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Block 06 12:58Running 6 10:06v median +3:41
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Block 07 14:02Running 7 8:09v median +1:41
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Block 08 24:05Running 8 13:09v median +5:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:44
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.