The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:14 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Neo Matloga 73rd of 422 men in the Open division, ahead of 83% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 60% on the stations. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:44 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg I cost the whole field time: about 7:46 more than the average race this season, going by 171 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:39Running 1 3:00v median −1:00
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 4:15v median −1:27
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 4:42v median −1:29
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 4:39v median −1:31
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:04v median −1:34
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:59v median −1:24
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Block 07 10:27Running 7 5:00v median −1:14
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 6:24v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:38
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.