The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Richard Hardie finished 351st of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:05:02.
The runs carried this race: faster than 42% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:08. The race faded late: the second half went 7:33 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 8:40Running 1 3:53v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:22Running 2 5:52v median +0:10
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Block 03 14:35Running 3 6:11v median +0:00
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Block 04 18:11Running 4 6:38v median +0:28
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Block 05 13:27Running 5 7:38v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 7:10v median +0:47
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Block 07 15:33Running 7 6:44v median +0:30
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Block 08 24:15Running 8 8:44v median +1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:31
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.