The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:52 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Mark Van der Kaag & Guillaume Muller 232nd of 325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg I cost the whole field time: about 7:01 more than the average race this season, going by 135 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:27v median +0:17
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 6:08v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:36Running 3 6:36v median +0:27
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Block 04 10:32Running 4 6:59v median +0:42
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 7:31v median +0:58
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 7:14v median +0:48
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 7:19v median +0:53
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Block 08 12:36Running 8 8:14v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:37
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.