The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sicelo Mthethwa & Phumelele Ndovela finished 571st of 594 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:12:52.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:04. A harder second half: 4:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 15:41, behind 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 10:25Running 1 5:15v median +0:53
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Block 02 13:46Running 2 10:05v median +3:52
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Block 03 14:58Running 3 8:26v median +1:49
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 8:49v median +2:10
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Block 05 15:25Running 5 9:25v median +2:38
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Block 06 11:53Running 6 10:04v median +3:23
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Block 07 15:59Running 7 9:34v median +2:43
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Block 08 20:16Running 8 11:09v median +3:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:41
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.