The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Tsholofelo Mpshe & Phumlani Nhlapo at Johannesburg 2025: 2:07:51, 3rd of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:11 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:27 in the roxzone was slower than 86% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 13:57 more than the average race this season, going by 346 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:28Running 1 5:55v median +0:50
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Block 02 12:12Running 2 8:45v median +1:41
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Block 03 15:19Running 3 9:19v median +2:01
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Block 04 13:33Running 4 9:11v median +1:43
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Block 05 15:16Running 5 9:18v median +1:32
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Block 06 11:44Running 6 9:57v median +2:17
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Block 07 16:38Running 7 12:08v median +4:18
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Block 08 18:23Running 8 10:56v median +2:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:27
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 698
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 698 women's teams who finished.