The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:18 at Johannesburg 2025 put Charl Abraham Brink & Marnus Reuben van de Merwe 123rd of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 51% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:57 on the median. A harder second half: 1:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:49Running 1 4:00v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:12Running 2 5:56v median +0:00
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 6:38v median +0:18
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Block 04 8:10Running 4 6:28v median +0:05
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Block 05 10:40Running 5 6:42v median +0:09
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Block 06 8:25Running 6 6:54v median +0:24
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 6:18v median −0:15
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Block 08 11:06Running 8 7:07v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.