The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:14 at Johannesburg 2025 put David Smith & Tara Midgley 503rd of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 30% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 4:43. Stronger after halfway: 2:38 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 6:15.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:51v median +0:29
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Block 02 11:52Running 2 6:48v median +0:35
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Block 03 14:00Running 3 7:16v median +0:39
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Block 04 16:14Running 4 7:33v median +0:54
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:26v median +0:39
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 7:26v median +0:45
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Block 07 15:15Running 7 7:43v median +0:52
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Block 08 16:02Running 8 9:25v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:41
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.