The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, Liandi Steyn & Laura Lee Vermeulen crossed the line in 1:36:31: 227th of 714 women's teams, faster than 68% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 90% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:56 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:10Running 1 4:28v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:54Running 2 6:37v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:27Running 3 7:21v median +0:03
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Block 04 12:40Running 4 7:29v median +0:01
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 7:33v median −0:13
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 7:28v median −0:12
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Block 07 11:44Running 7 8:03v median +0:13
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Block 08 13:41Running 8 9:18v median +0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:07
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.