The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jacques Du Plessis & Gerrit Pieterse finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:12:54 for 34th of 325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Stronger after halfway: 1:31 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg I. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 7:01.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:39Running 1 2:42v median −1:28
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 4:51v median −0:58
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:27v median −0:42
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Block 04 8:45Running 4 5:06v median −1:11
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Block 05 10:22Running 5 5:43v median −0:50
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Block 06 6:29Running 6 5:09v median −1:17
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Block 07 8:55Running 7 5:05v median −1:21
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 5:27v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 191
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 191 men's teams who finished.