The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Servaas Verster & Jaco Clarence at Johannesburg 2025: 1:08:51, 17th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:12 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:39, was faster than 99% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:12 more than the average race this season, going by 201 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:15Running 1 3:01v median −1:18
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Block 02 5:55Running 2 4:17v median −1:39
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Block 03 8:14Running 3 4:27v median −1:53
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 4:24v median −1:59
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:26v median −2:07
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Block 06 6:01Running 6 4:34v median −1:56
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Block 07 8:48Running 7 4:34v median −1:59
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Block 08 9:56Running 8 4:50v median −2:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 436
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 436 men's teams who finished.