The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, Louise Van Rooyen & Zelmarie Swart crossed the line in 1:38:21: 256th of 714 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 53% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:15 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:15 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 10:04Running 1 5:09v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:28Running 2 6:37v median −0:27
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:56v median −0:22
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Block 04 12:03Running 4 7:14v median −0:14
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:29v median −0:17
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Block 06 10:06Running 6 8:05v median +0:25
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Block 07 11:18Running 7 8:23v median +0:33
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 8:40v median +0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:06
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.