The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bert Verlinde & Melanie Verlinde finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:08:23 for 20th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:17 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:06, was faster than 97% 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 7:18Running 1 3:01v median −1:21
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:29v median −1:44
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 5:00v median −1:37
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Block 04 8:24Running 4 5:11v median −1:28
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Block 05 9:30Running 5 5:15v median −1:32
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 5:04v median −1:37
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 5:11v median −1:40
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Block 08 8:56Running 8 5:05v median −2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:06
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.