The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Walter Language & Lynn Language finished 483rd of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:51:21.
The runs carried this race: faster than 38% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:21 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:59 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 9:15Running 1 4:22v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 03 13:15Running 3 6:49v median +0:12
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Block 04 13:52Running 4 7:02v median +0:23
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Block 05 13:12Running 5 7:23v median +0:36
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 7:32v median +0:51
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Block 07 16:20Running 7 7:48v median +0:57
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Block 08 17:09Running 8 8:37v median +1:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:41
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.