The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wandile Mape & Mpumelelo Nhlapo finished 560th of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:09:43.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:55 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 16:08 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 10:48Running 1 5:55v median +1:33
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Block 02 11:22Running 2 8:32v median +2:19
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Block 03 14:02Running 3 9:53v median +3:16
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Block 04 16:25Running 4 11:55v median +5:16
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Block 05 16:59Running 5 10:16v median +3:29
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Block 06 12:12Running 6 10:09v median +3:28
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 10:16v median +3:25
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Block 08 17:08Running 8 10:12v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:08
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.