The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ross Esson finished 380th of 422 men in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:14:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 33% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:26 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 2:11 slower at Johannesburg I 2025 than at Cape Town 2024, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:36Running 1 5:41v median +1:41
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Block 02 11:44Running 2 7:56v median +2:14
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Block 03 14:18Running 3 5:49v median −0:22
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Block 04 18:05Running 4 5:56v median −0:14
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Block 05 14:18Running 5 6:44v median +0:06
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Block 06 11:00Running 6 6:47v median +0:24
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Block 07 17:20Running 7 6:30v median +0:16
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Block 08 22:33Running 8 10:44v median +3:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:27
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.