The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sherica Van Graan & Matthew Tarr finished 195th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:26:34, faster than 67% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 49% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:47. A harder second half: 1:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:59Running 1 3:36v median −0:46
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:10v median −1:03
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Block 03 10:12Running 3 5:46v median −0:51
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 6:00v median −0:39
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:11v median −0:36
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Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:22v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:43Running 7 6:14v median −0:37
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Block 08 12:12Running 8 7:11v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:05
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.