The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louise Cave & Belinda Barkas finished 488th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:56:31.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:27 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:54, behind 89% of the field.
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 11:48Running 1 5:43v median +0:38
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Block 02 10:35Running 2 7:44v median +0:40
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Block 03 14:09Running 3 7:39v median +0:21
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Block 04 14:11Running 4 7:38v median +0:10
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 7:57v median +0:11
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Block 06 10:29Running 6 8:12v median +0:32
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 7:42v median −0:08
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Block 08 14:49Running 8 8:51v median +0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:54
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.