The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:16 at Johannesburg 2025 put Isabeau Hanekom & Samantha Herbst 386th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 70% of the field beaten on the stations, against 43% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:28 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:43 in the roxzone was slower than 88% of the field.
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 10:19Running 1 5:16v median +0:11
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Block 02 9:15Running 2 7:21v median +0:17
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Block 03 12:34Running 3 7:55v median +0:37
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 8:17v median +0:49
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Block 05 13:51Running 5 8:41v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 7:46v median +0:06
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Block 07 12:26Running 7 8:05v median +0:15
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Block 08 13:45Running 8 8:59v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:43
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.