The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keagan Stafford finished 291st of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:52:34.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:03 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:43 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 7:50Running 1 3:34v median −0:26
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:27v median −0:15
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 9:07v median +2:56
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Block 04 16:34Running 4 9:08v median +2:58
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Block 05 13:57Running 5 9:18v median +2:40
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Block 06 11:11Running 6 9:26v median +3:03
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Block 07 15:38Running 7 9:02v median +2:48
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 10:01v median +2:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.