The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sunil Gopal finished 638th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:43:50.
The wall balls cost the most time: 6:48 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 13:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:24 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 11:15Running 1 5:30v median +1:28
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Block 02 14:39Running 2 8:27v median +2:41
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Block 03 18:08Running 3 9:18v median +2:59
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Block 04 20:26Running 4 9:08v median +2:47
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Block 05 19:12Running 5 12:53v median +6:17
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Block 06 13:52Running 6 9:41v median +3:16
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Block 07 20:31Running 7 10:48v median +4:20
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Block 08 30:32Running 8 15:04v median +7:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:24
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.