The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:00 at Johannesburg 2025 put Michelle Benecke & Brendan Nel 331st of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 52% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:18 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 8:38Running 1 4:05v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 5:59v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:01Running 3 6:14v median −0:23
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Block 04 12:56Running 4 6:46v median +0:07
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:00v median +0:13
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:47v median +0:06
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Block 07 12:00Running 7 6:46v median −0:05
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Block 08 14:25Running 8 8:18v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.