The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sizwe Shabalala finished 644th of 652 men in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:52:40.
The sled push cost the most time: 4:38 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 26:42, behind 99% 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 9:19Running 1 4:17v median +0:15
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Block 02 15:11Running 2 6:39v median +0:53
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Block 03 19:01Running 3 9:04v median +2:45
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Block 04 20:30Running 4 9:55v median +3:34
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Block 05 16:57Running 5 11:14v median +4:38
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Block 06 13:44Running 6 10:29v median +4:04
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Block 07 25:58Running 7 18:07v median +11:39
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Block 08 25:26Running 8 13:45v median +6:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 26:42
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.