The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, Michelle Van der Merwe & Liané Petzer crossed the line in 1:29:44: 133rd of 714 women's teams, faster than 81% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 53% on the stations. The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:38 ahead of the median. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:45.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 346 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 13:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 3:28v median −1:37
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Block 02 8:06Running 2 5:32v median −1:32
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Block 03 11:07Running 3 5:57v median −1:21
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Block 04 11:26Running 4 6:12v median −1:16
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 6:02v median −1:44
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Block 06 7:49Running 6 5:56v median −1:44
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Block 07 11:02Running 7 6:07v median −1:43
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Block 08 11:27Running 8 6:39v median −2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.