The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:19:02 at Johannesburg 2025 put Chunyiswa Williams & Viwe Mngxaso 667th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:21. A harder second half: 11:18 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 11:01Running 1 5:30v median +0:25
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Block 02 10:05Running 2 7:49v median +0:45
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Block 03 13:34Running 3 8:28v median +1:10
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Block 04 21:32Running 4 15:36v median +8:08
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Block 05 19:16Running 5 13:38v median +5:52
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Block 06 12:19Running 6 9:26v median +1:46
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Block 07 15:24Running 7 9:53v median +2:03
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Block 08 24:55Running 8 19:34v median +10:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:05
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.