The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bianca Brocklebank & Melissa Labuschagne finished 442nd of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:52:35.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the row: 0:43 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:35 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 346 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 13:57 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:55Running 1 5:02v median −0:03
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Block 02 11:34Running 2 9:50v median +2:46
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Block 03 14:41Running 3 10:17v median +2:59
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Block 04 14:18Running 4 8:53v median +1:25
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Block 05 13:39Running 5 8:46v median +1:00
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 8:16v median +0:36
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Block 07 12:29Running 7 8:40v median +0:50
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 9:24v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:20
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.