The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:52:07 at Johannesburg 2025 put Margo Meyer & Tasha Labuschagne 437th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 3:25. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:47 better 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 9:27Running 1 4:27v median −0:38
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Block 02 10:47Running 2 9:02v median +1:58
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Block 03 17:46Running 3 9:19v median +2:01
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Block 04 13:41Running 4 9:21v median +1:53
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Block 05 14:46Running 5 9:22v median +1:36
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Block 06 11:20Running 6 9:16v median +1:36
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Block 07 12:16Running 7 9:10v median +1:20
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Block 08 13:44Running 8 9:35v median +0:56
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.