The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:26 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Shaun Vermaak 178th of 422 men in the Open division, ahead of 58% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:49 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg I. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 7:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:46Running 1 4:05v median +0:05
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 6:16v median +0:34
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 6:47v median +0:36
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Block 04 12:48Running 4 6:54v median +0:44
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:37v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:19Running 6 6:16v median −0:07
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 6:31v median +0:17
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Block 08 15:14Running 8 7:38v median +0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.