The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:30:01 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Mohammad Taariq Sheik 108th of 422 men in the Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:00 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:02 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 7:55Running 1 3:31v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:07v median −0:35
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Block 03 10:43Running 3 6:04v median −0:07
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 6:08v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:59Running 5 6:25v median −0:13
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:22v median −1:01
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Block 07 8:59Running 7 5:26v median −0:48
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 6:42v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.