The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dave Smaldon & Shane Harrison finished 122nd of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:20:11, faster than 72% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:06 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:28Running 1 4:05v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:49Running 2 5:34v median −0:22
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:40v median −0:40
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:45v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:44v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:40v median −0:50
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Block 07 9:33Running 7 5:49v median −0:44
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Block 08 10:12Running 8 6:13v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.