The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:55 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Bongani Sibeko 217th of 422 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:33 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:50 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 10:26Running 1 5:37v median +1:37
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:29v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 6:20v median +0:09
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Block 04 15:11Running 4 8:50v median +2:40
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 6:36v median −0:02
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:19v median −0:04
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Block 07 13:13Running 7 8:59v median +2:45
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 7:36v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:45
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.