The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:07 at Johannesburg 2025 put Riza Botha & Gene Firth 270th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 62% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the SkiErg: 0:30 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:33 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:25Running 1 4:34v median −0:31
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 6:23v median −0:41
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Block 03 11:05Running 3 6:30v median −0:48
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Block 04 13:26Running 4 6:33v median −0:55
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:40v median −1:06
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 7:04v median −0:36
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Block 07 13:15Running 7 8:58v median +1:08
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Block 08 13:45Running 8 8:12v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:27
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.