The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adam Watts & Graham Watts finished 172nd of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:24:27, faster than 61% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:14 on the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:09Running 1 4:06v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 5:49v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 5:53v median −0:27
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 6:10v median −0:13
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:16v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:40Running 6 5:53v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:26Running 7 6:04v median −0:29
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Block 08 12:16Running 8 6:38v median −0:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.