The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:25 at Johannesburg 2025 put Luke Theron 592nd of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 29% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 9:09 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 14:35 worse 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 9:21Running 1 4:20v median +0:18
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Block 02 12:16Running 2 6:12v median +0:26
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Block 03 14:48Running 3 6:47v median +0:28
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Block 04 16:02Running 4 6:55v median +0:34
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Block 05 12:34Running 5 7:16v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 6:54v median +0:29
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Block 07 21:57Running 7 6:56v median +0:28
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Block 08 26:22Running 8 11:57v median +4:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:13
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.