The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:35 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Masheleng Selepe 251st of 422 men in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 78% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:28 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 7:25Running 1 3:04v median −0:56
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Block 02 10:27Running 2 7:52v median +2:10
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Block 03 12:44Running 3 8:16v median +2:05
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Block 04 14:25Running 4 8:34v median +2:24
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Block 05 14:12Running 5 8:45v median +2:07
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Block 06 9:56Running 6 8:19v median +1:56
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Block 07 12:38Running 7 8:33v median +2:19
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 8:59v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.