The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, Jannie Hendrik eloff lister & stephanus Frederik Steyn crossed the line in 1:25:25: 159th of 325 men's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 39% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:04 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg I ran slow: the 135 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 7:01 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:57Running 1 4:04v median −0:06
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 6:00v median +0:11
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 6:44v median +0:35
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 6:33v median +0:16
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:21v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:30v median +0:04
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 6:41v median +0:15
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Block 08 11:31Running 8 7:21v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:44
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.