The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jacques Van Zyl & Zayd Methar finished 241st of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:28:38.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:31 quicker than the median and 99th of 439. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:31. A harder second half: 1:37 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 8:43Running 1 4:31v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:00Running 2 6:11v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:44Running 3 6:23v median +0:03
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Block 04 10:17Running 4 6:46v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:48v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:35Running 6 6:59v median +0:29
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Block 07 10:15Running 7 6:58v median +0:25
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 7:01v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:14
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.