The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:53:36 at Johannesburg 2025 put Siseko Tafeni 645th of 652 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 20:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 15:10, behind 93% 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 11:57Running 1 6:09v median +2:07
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Block 02 15:37Running 2 6:40v median +0:54
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Block 03 21:13Running 3 7:46v median +1:27
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Block 04 24:49Running 4 7:38v median +1:17
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Block 05 13:22Running 5 7:47v median +1:11
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Block 06 11:34Running 6 7:50v median +1:25
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Block 07 20:44Running 7 8:13v median +1:45
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Block 08 39:17Running 8 10:23v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:10
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.