The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, Dirk Potgieter crossed the line in 1:21:46: 52nd of 422 men, faster than 88% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 69% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:52 on the median. The farmers carry cost the most time: 1:17 slower than the median.
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 6:56Running 1 2:45v median −1:15
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Block 02 6:42Running 2 4:26v median −1:16
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Block 03 9:57Running 3 5:14v median −0:57
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Block 04 10:44Running 4 4:48v median −1:22
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:10v median −1:28
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Block 06 8:34Running 6 4:58v median −1:25
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 4:46v median −1:28
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Block 08 12:45Running 8 5:02v median −2:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
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.