The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Aucamp finished 197th of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:38:55, faster than 53% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 72% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:05 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 7:28Running 1 3:15v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 4:48v median −0:54
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 5:55v median −0:16
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Block 04 17:44Running 4 5:56v median −0:14
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 6:04v median −0:34
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:43v median −0:40
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 5:44v median −0:30
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Block 08 16:29Running 8 7:19v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:12
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.