The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:17 at Johannesburg 2025 put Chad Dixon & Byron Van Niekerk 147th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 34% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:41. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 201 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:12 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:45Running 1 3:28v median −0:51
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:10v median −0:46
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 5:37v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:15Running 4 5:39v median −0:44
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 6:00v median −0:33
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Block 06 6:59Running 6 5:26v median −1:04
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:21v median −0:12
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Block 08 12:34Running 8 5:59v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.