The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Smith Pepper & Jason Du Toit finished 407th of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:51:37.
A station race more than a running one: 61% of the field beaten on the stations, against 4% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 4:06 better against the middle of the field than before it. 11:19 in the roxzone was slower than 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 9:15Running 1 4:42v median +0:23
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Block 02 15:16Running 2 13:34v median +7:38
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Block 03 12:37Running 3 9:13v median +2:53
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Block 04 11:44Running 4 9:17v median +2:54
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Block 05 13:51Running 5 8:40v median +2:07
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Block 06 10:13Running 6 8:34v median +2:04
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 8:48v median +2:15
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Block 08 15:50Running 8 9:53v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:19
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.