The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:09 at Johannesburg 2025 put Nkosinathi Nkambule & Amanda Jobodwana 480th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:07. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 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 9:41Running 1 4:47v median +0:25
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Block 02 10:38Running 2 8:25v median +2:12
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Block 03 12:15Running 3 8:05v median +1:28
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Block 04 13:32Running 4 8:28v median +1:49
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Block 05 14:25Running 5 9:13v median +2:26
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Block 06 10:41Running 6 8:59v median +2:18
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Block 07 12:46Running 7 9:13v median +2:22
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Block 08 16:30Running 8 10:20v median +2:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:50
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.