The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:02 at Johannesburg 2025 put Ruan Alberts & Sasha Gouws 402nd of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 46% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 18% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:52 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:00Running 1 4:20v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:19Running 2 6:02v median −0:11
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Block 03 12:12Running 3 6:16v median −0:21
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Block 04 13:38Running 4 9:28v median +2:49
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Block 05 12:51Running 5 7:43v median +0:56
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:18v median −0:23
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:04v median −0:47
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Block 08 18:24Running 8 7:29v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
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.