The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ilse Niebuhr & Christiaan Janse Van Rensburg finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:04:03 for 6th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:42 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:21 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:58, ahead of 97% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 244 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 6:15 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:16Running 1 3:05v median −1:17
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 4:22v median −1:51
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Block 03 7:36Running 3 4:36v median −2:01
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Block 04 6:56Running 4 4:36v median −2:03
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Block 05 8:47Running 5 4:32v median −2:15
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:34v median −2:07
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Block 07 7:31Running 7 5:02v median −1:49
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Block 08 8:43Running 8 4:58v median −2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
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.