The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:57:27 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thenjiswa Nxumalo & Thembakazi Sheane 499th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:46 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:05 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 13:05Running 1 7:12v median +2:07
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 6:38v median −0:26
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Block 03 12:59Running 3 7:05v median −0:13
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Block 04 15:49Running 4 7:43v median +0:15
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Block 05 14:03Running 5 7:46v median +0:00
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Block 06 10:57Running 6 8:44v median +1:04
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Block 07 13:47Running 7 7:54v median +0:04
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 8:31v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:44
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.