The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Jennings & Carol-Anne Grimshaw finished 355th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:36:57.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:57 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:25 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:37Running 1 4:16v median −0:06
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 8:33v median +2:20
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Block 03 14:01Running 3 8:46v median +2:09
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 8:45v median +2:06
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Block 05 13:35Running 5 8:51v median +2:04
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 6:00v median −0:41
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 6:31v median −0:20
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 7:11v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.