The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jaco Kruger finished 221st of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:41:49.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 36% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:36. A harder second half: 3:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:30Running 1 4:00v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:14Running 2 5:31v median −0:11
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Block 03 10:41Running 3 5:55v median −0:16
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 5:54v median −0:16
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:33v median −0:05
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Block 06 8:32Running 6 5:57v median −0:26
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 6:14v median +0:00
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Block 08 18:40Running 8 7:41v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:35
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.