The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sydney Noko & Bongani Ncube finished 401st of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:49:16.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:31 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:11 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 9:23Running 1 4:48v median +0:29
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Block 02 10:32Running 2 7:25v median +1:29
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 7:36v median +1:16
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 8:05v median +1:42
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 8:32v median +1:59
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:13v median +1:43
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 7:52v median +1:19
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Block 08 16:55Running 8 9:45v median +2:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:33
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.