The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rahil Patel finished 602nd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:23:56.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:38. A harder second half: 3:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:08, behind 90% 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 9:25Running 1 4:23v median +0:21
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Block 02 13:34Running 2 7:29v median +1:43
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Block 03 17:00Running 3 9:28v median +3:09
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Block 04 18:51Running 4 9:26v median +3:05
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Block 05 16:25Running 5 10:53v median +4:17
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Block 06 11:42Running 6 9:17v median +2:52
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Block 07 18:41Running 7 9:11v median +2:43
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Block 08 24:18Running 8 13:12v median +5:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:08
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.