The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Nel & Ivan Nel finished 298th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:33:17.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:19 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:13Running 1 4:44v median +0:22
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 6:42v median +0:29
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 6:33v median −0:04
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Block 04 10:05Running 4 6:34v median −0:05
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 7:02v median +0:15
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 7:00v median +0:19
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Block 07 10:21Running 7 7:29v median +0:38
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 8:39v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:35
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.