The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:47:44 at Johannesburg 2025 put Tafara Butayi & Chipo Butayi 457th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 36% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:01 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:38 better against the middle of the field 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 11:10Running 1 5:10v median +0:48
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Block 02 11:19Running 2 7:07v median +0:54
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 7:17v median +0:40
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 7:10v median +0:31
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Block 05 13:08Running 5 7:14v median +0:27
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Block 06 9:13Running 6 7:07v median +0:26
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Block 07 13:03Running 7 7:03v median +0:12
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Block 08 15:08Running 8 8:29v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.