The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Khotso Serobanyane & Zimkitha Booi finished 377th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:39:24.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:17 from the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:30 worse 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 8:59Running 1 4:17v median −0:05
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 6:57v median +0:44
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 6:57v median +0:20
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Block 04 11:22Running 4 7:12v median +0:33
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 7:12v median +0:25
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 7:18v median +0:37
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 7:48v median +0:57
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Block 08 16:09Running 8 11:16v median +3:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.