The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mzamo Mbuli finished 585th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:19:34.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:42. A harder second half: 8:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:48Running 1 6:41v median +2:39
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Block 02 13:20Running 2 9:24v median +3:38
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Block 03 17:08Running 3 10:02v median +3:43
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Block 04 15:28Running 4 10:06v median +3:45
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Block 05 15:32Running 5 10:23v median +3:47
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Block 06 12:36Running 6 10:15v median +3:50
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Block 07 16:40Running 7 10:13v median +3:45
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Block 08 26:41Running 8 12:19v median +4:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:29
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.