The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:12 at Johannesburg 2025 put Dirco Haasbroek & Dominic Mollentze 344th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:22, behind 87% of the field.
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 9:20Running 1 5:08v median +0:49
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Block 02 8:52Running 2 6:50v median +0:54
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Block 03 10:48Running 3 6:42v median +0:22
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Block 04 11:11Running 4 7:23v median +1:00
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Block 05 12:52Running 5 8:11v median +1:38
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Block 06 9:50Running 6 7:46v median +1:16
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Block 07 11:47Running 7 7:57v median +1:24
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Block 08 13:18Running 8 9:19v median +2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:22
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.