The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:45 at Cape Town 2025 put Sithembiso Motha 216th of 781 men in the Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 82% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 57% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:47 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:28 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 10:49 faster at Cape Town 2025 than at Johannesburg I 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:24Running 1 3:00v median −0:56
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 4:18v median −1:12
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 4:48v median −1:17
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 5:00v median −1:02
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:07v median −1:10
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 5:10v median −0:50
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 5:29v median −0:28
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 6:43v median −0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 729
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 729 men who finished.