The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Siphelele Mahlatse finished 333rd of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:00:12.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:09 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 15:14 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
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 11:06Running 1 6:12v median +2:12
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 6:06v median +0:24
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 7:02v median +0:51
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 6:01v median −0:09
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 7:33v median +0:55
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Block 06 9:32Running 6 7:01v median +0:38
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Block 07 17:37Running 7 6:04v median −0:10
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Block 08 17:57Running 8 7:55v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:14
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.