The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sithembile Ngwenya & Sello Kgagara finished 504th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 1:55:41.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:12 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:47 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 8:12Running 1 3:51v median −0:31
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Block 02 12:23Running 2 9:43v median +3:30
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Block 03 14:43Running 3 10:02v median +3:25
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Block 04 11:57Running 4 8:43v median +2:04
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Block 05 14:00Running 5 9:05v median +2:18
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 8:59v median +2:18
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Block 07 15:12Running 7 11:51v median +5:00
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Block 08 17:25Running 8 11:10v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:29
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.