The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:45:34 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Kagiso Abotseng 418th of 422 men in the Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:20. The race faded late: the second half went 10:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:39 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 11:25Running 1 6:00v median +2:00
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Block 02 12:14Running 2 6:38v median +0:56
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Block 03 17:35Running 3 9:03v median +2:52
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Block 04 25:39Running 4 12:10v median +6:00
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Block 05 17:08Running 5 9:56v median +3:18
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Block 06 13:04Running 6 9:25v median +3:02
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Block 07 18:09Running 7 8:29v median +2:15
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Block 08 34:50Running 8 18:07v median +10:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:39
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.