The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alex Blumberg finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:20:42 for 42nd of 422 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 2:32 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:29 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:06, was faster than 95% of the field.
Johannesburg I ran slow: the 171 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 7:46 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:20v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:01v median −0:41
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 5:21v median −0:50
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Block 04 10:14Running 4 5:20v median −0:50
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:38v median −1:00
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Block 06 7:51Running 6 5:40v median −0:43
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:17v median −0:57
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Block 08 11:41Running 8 5:50v median −1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 400
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 400 men who finished.