The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:03:03 at Johannesburg 2025 put Zimasa Zele & Bandela MGOQI 538th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 29% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:01 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 11:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:06Running 1 4:09v median −0:13
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Block 02 11:48Running 2 10:07v median +3:54
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Block 03 12:29Running 3 8:26v median +1:49
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Block 04 14:28Running 4 9:13v median +2:34
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Block 05 15:41Running 5 9:11v median +2:24
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Block 06 17:10Running 6 15:14v median +8:33
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Block 07 14:10Running 7 9:58v median +3:07
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Block 08 18:11Running 8 11:07v median +3:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:07
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.