The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:17:02 at Johannesburg 2025 put Foyin Ogunrombi & Palesa Mkwanazi 662nd of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. A harder second half: 11:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:32 in the roxzone was slower than 87% 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
-
Block 01 11:04Running 1 5:46v median +0:41
-
Block 02 10:28Running 2 8:35v median +1:31
-
Block 03 14:35Running 3 9:21v median +2:03
-
Block 04 17:41Running 4 10:53v median +3:25
-
Block 05 23:06Running 5 17:56v median +10:10
-
Block 06 12:28Running 6 10:28v median +2:48
-
Block 07 14:42Running 7 10:42v median +2:52
-
Block 08 19:33Running 8 15:24v median +6:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:32
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.