The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:25 at Johannesburg 2025 put Nokuthula Mthethwa & Sweety Sabelo 676th of 714 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 3:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 13:48 in the roxzone was slower than 89% 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
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Block 01 11:15Running 1 5:26v median +0:21
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Block 02 12:25Running 2 9:27v median +2:23
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Block 03 16:42Running 3 9:50v median +2:32
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Block 04 19:01Running 4 10:01v median +2:33
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Block 05 16:38Running 5 10:37v median +2:51
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Block 06 12:52Running 6 10:13v median +2:33
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Block 07 17:01Running 7 10:57v median +3:07
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Block 08 21:52Running 8 12:49v median +4:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:48
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.