The race, in three figures
The race, in words
59:47 won the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025 for Matthew Gearing & Olivia Gearing, first of 594 mixed teams.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:25 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:03 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:05, ahead of 99% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 6:15 more than the average race this season, going by 244 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:14Running 1 3:03v median −1:19
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Block 02 5:21Running 2 3:48v median −2:25
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Block 03 7:18Running 3 4:16v median −2:21
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Block 04 7:02Running 4 4:14v median −2:25
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Block 05 8:14Running 5 4:13v median −2:34
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Block 06 5:32Running 6 4:11v median −2:30
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Block 07 6:52Running 7 4:06v median −2:45
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Block 08 8:16Running 8 4:22v median −3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:05
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 586
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 586 mixed teams who finished.