The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:30 at Johannesburg 2025 put Thobile Japi & Kuselo Kusta Nyatela 440th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:39 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:40 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 8:20Running 1 3:43v median −0:39
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Block 02 11:09Running 2 8:16v median +2:03
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Block 03 13:26Running 3 8:35v median +1:58
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Block 04 13:07Running 4 8:37v median +1:58
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Block 05 14:07Running 5 8:45v median +1:58
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Block 06 10:22Running 6 8:41v median +2:00
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 8:46v median +1:55
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Block 08 15:03Running 8 9:56v median +2:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.