The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bernard Strydom & Jaco Joubert finished 290th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:32:59.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median.
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 10:31Running 1 6:14v median +1:55
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 6:19v median +0:23
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:46v median +0:26
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Block 04 9:49Running 4 6:22v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:50v median +0:17
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:12v median +0:42
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 6:50v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:30Running 8 8:30v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:12
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.