The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:45 at Johannesburg 2025 put Lindo Shongwe & Sammy Mashita 114th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 85% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 46% on the stations. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median.
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 7:34Running 1 3:29v median −0:50
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 4:52v median −1:04
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:20v median −1:00
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Block 04 9:19Running 4 5:29v median −0:54
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:39v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:28v median −1:02
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 5:53v median −0:40
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Block 08 11:20Running 8 6:13v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.