The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:43:27 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thompson Gumbe 637th of 652 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:50. The race faded late: the second half went 2:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:19 in the roxzone was slower than 95% 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 10:21Running 1 4:57v median +0:55
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Block 02 14:29Running 2 10:12v median +4:26
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Block 03 21:11Running 3 9:38v median +3:19
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Block 04 21:07Running 4 10:36v median +4:15
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Block 05 18:03Running 5 11:27v median +4:51
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Block 06 12:57Running 6 9:39v median +3:14
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Block 07 19:56Running 7 10:50v median +4:22
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Block 08 29:12Running 8 12:42v median +5:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:19
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.