The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, Kelwa Nzimande & Valencia Skosana crossed the line in 1:36:36: 230th of 714 women's teams, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 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 9:37Running 1 4:17v median −0:48
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 6:11v median −0:53
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 6:30v median −0:48
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 6:29v median −0:59
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 6:39v median −1:07
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Block 06 8:21Running 6 6:28v median −1:12
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Block 07 10:39Running 7 6:29v median −1:21
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 7:33v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:42
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.