The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sizwe Makhubu & Sizwe Jr Makhubu finished 215th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:27:16, faster than 51% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 84% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:05 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:35 worse 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 9:24Running 1 4:52v median +0:33
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 4:37v median −1:19
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 4:59v median −1:21
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 4:53v median −1:30
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Block 05 9:56Running 5 4:58v median −1:35
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:03v median −1:27
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:02v median −1:31
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Block 08 14:47Running 8 8:24v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:04
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.