The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun James finished 237th of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:43:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:42. The race faded late: the second half went 1:54 worse 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 8:40Running 1 3:48v median −0:12
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 5:10v median −0:32
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Block 03 13:07Running 3 5:31v median −0:40
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Block 04 14:13Running 4 5:20v median −0:50
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:33v median −1:05
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 5:34v median −0:49
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Block 07 11:17Running 7 5:30v median −0:44
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Block 08 20:36Running 8 7:31v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.