The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Farouk Abrahams finished 614th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:31:20.
The runs carried this race: faster than 25% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 1% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 16:24. The race faded late: the second half went 8:20 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 10:54Running 1 4:41v median +0:39
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Block 02 11:41Running 2 6:41v median +0:55
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Block 03 17:27Running 3 7:05v median +0:46
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Block 04 23:26Running 4 7:26v median +1:05
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Block 05 14:30Running 5 7:52v median +1:16
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 7:04v median +0:39
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Block 07 17:36Running 7 6:59v median +0:31
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Block 08 35:57Running 8 10:53v median +3:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:21
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.