The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lebo Sepuru finished 347th of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:02:54.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:25 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 10:33Running 1 6:02v median +2:02
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 5:58v median +0:16
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Block 03 13:02Running 3 6:09v median −0:02
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Block 04 16:11Running 4 9:08v median +2:58
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Block 05 15:00Running 5 10:02v median +3:24
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:20v median −2:03
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Block 07 21:12Running 7 14:28v median +8:14
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Block 08 19:33Running 8 11:00v median +3:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:04
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.