The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Brandon Bantam finished 643rd of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:49:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 15:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 24:39 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 10:46Running 1 5:49v median +1:47
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Block 02 13:02Running 2 9:02v median +3:16
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Block 03 16:08Running 3 9:32v median +3:13
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Block 04 24:26Running 4 9:52v median +3:31
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Block 05 16:01Running 5 10:22v median +3:46
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Block 06 13:04Running 6 10:29v median +4:04
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Block 07 31:43Running 7 10:50v median +4:22
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Block 08 33:30Running 8 14:53v median +7:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:19
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.