The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan Van Niekerk & Rohan Hendrik Vorster finished 254th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:29:45.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:46. A harder second half: 1:30 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 8:17Running 1 4:07v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:40v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 6:30v median +0:10
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 6:40v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:26Running 5 6:45v median +0:12
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:32v median +0:02
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 6:45v median +0:12
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Block 08 12:29Running 8 7:19v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.