The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sizwe Ngema finished 216th of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:40:48.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:33. The race faded late: the second half went 1:25 worse 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 9:52Running 1 5:22v median +1:22
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:17v median −0:25
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 5:40v median −0:31
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Block 04 13:17Running 4 5:38v median −0:32
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 6:32v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:11Running 6 6:06v median −0:17
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 6:12v median −0:02
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Block 08 18:27Running 8 7:31v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:08
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.