The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aqeel Bhika & Muhammad Surtie finished 433rd of 439 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:11:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:34 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 17:21, behind 99% 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 12:20Running 1 6:54v median +2:35
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Block 02 10:39Running 2 8:13v median +2:17
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Block 03 13:34Running 3 8:47v median +2:27
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 8:13v median +1:50
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 8:33v median +2:00
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Block 06 17:38Running 6 15:15v median +8:45
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 8:11v median +1:38
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Block 08 19:54Running 8 11:26v median +4:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:21
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.