The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Stella Stapelberg & Marizaan Vermeulen at Johannesburg 2025: 1:15:53, 11th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 77% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:21 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:57, was faster than 98% 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 8:42Running 1 3:42v median −1:23
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:49v median −2:15
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Block 03 10:07Running 3 5:07v median −2:11
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 5:15v median −2:13
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Block 05 10:20Running 5 5:15v median −2:31
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:51v median −2:49
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:53v median −2:57
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Block 08 9:37Running 8 4:54v median −3:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:57
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.