The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Teboho Khaba finished 600th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:23:44.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 2% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 19:51. The race faded late: the second half went 5:42 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 9:33Running 1 3:55v median −0:07
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Block 02 16:33Running 2 8:31v median +2:45
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Block 03 19:12Running 3 8:45v median +2:26
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 6:07v median −0:14
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 6:27v median −0:09
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 5:54v median −0:31
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 6:16v median −0:12
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Block 08 35:37Running 8 7:06v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:22
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.