The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:58 at Johannesburg 2025 put Jacques Marais & Christian Opperman 289th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 57% of the field across all eight, against 33% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:44. A harder second half: 4:49 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 8:02Running 1 4:01v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:25v median +0:29
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Block 03 9:28Running 3 6:33v median +0:13
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 6:50v median +0:27
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:23v median +0:50
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 7:23v median +0:53
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 6:57v median +0:24
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 8:49v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.