The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joseph Joshua & Abigail de Swardt finished 495th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:53:24.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:30 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:12 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 11:13Running 1 6:26v median +2:04
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 6:18v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:24Running 3 7:18v median +0:41
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 7:45v median +1:06
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Block 05 13:59Running 5 8:23v median +1:36
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Block 06 11:16Running 6 9:01v median +2:20
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Block 07 14:43Running 7 8:55v median +2:04
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Block 08 16:25Running 8 10:05v median +2:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:12
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.