The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:17:49 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Richard Browne 394th of 422 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 27% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:22. A harder second half: 8:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg I. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 7:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 5:08v median +1:08
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Block 02 12:45Running 2 9:34v median +3:52
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Block 03 15:11Running 3 9:50v median +3:39
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Block 04 18:03Running 4 10:11v median +4:01
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Block 05 17:15Running 5 10:42v median +4:04
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Block 06 13:15Running 6 10:14v median +3:51
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Block 07 19:25Running 7 11:30v median +5:16
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Block 08 21:21Running 8 11:49v median +4:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.