The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Hoal finished 343rd of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:01:52.
The stations carried this race: faster than 33% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:12 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:41 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 8:15Running 1 3:39v median −0:21
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Block 02 12:41Running 2 8:45v median +3:03
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Block 03 16:20Running 3 8:55v median +2:44
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Block 04 16:03Running 4 8:50v median +2:40
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Block 05 14:07Running 5 8:58v median +2:20
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Block 06 12:15Running 6 9:00v median +2:37
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Block 07 15:58Running 7 9:17v median +3:03
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Block 08 18:23Running 8 10:08v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.