The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:29 at Johannesburg 2025 put Elzaan Scholtz & Dirk Du Plooy 502nd of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:20 in the roxzone was slower than 93% of the field.
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 9:40Running 1 5:09v median +0:47
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Block 02 11:00Running 2 7:41v median +1:28
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Block 03 12:07Running 3 8:04v median +1:27
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Block 04 13:31Running 4 8:22v median +1:43
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Block 05 13:31Running 5 8:33v median +1:46
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 9:17v median +2:36
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Block 07 14:02Running 7 9:20v median +2:29
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 12:00v median +4:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:20
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.