The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, Lunga Sibiya & Brendon Schmidt crossed the line in 1:22:30: 149th of 439 men's teams, faster than 66% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 70% of the field beaten on the runs, 43% on the stations. The sled pull cost the most time: 0:37 slower than 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 7:43Running 1 3:19v median −1:00
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:22v median −0:34
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 5:57v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 6:39v median +0:16
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:05v median −0:28
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 6:08v median −0:22
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:56v median −0:37
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Block 08 11:53Running 8 6:37v median −0:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.