The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Simiso Gumede & Iyanda Sanele Ngcobo finished 282nd of 325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:41:32.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. A harder second half: 8:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:31Running 1 3:37v median −0:33
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 8:13v median +2:24
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 7:09v median +1:00
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Block 04 10:43Running 4 7:29v median +1:12
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Block 05 13:24Running 5 8:18v median +1:45
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:09v median +1:43
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 8:46v median +2:20
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Block 08 18:15Running 8 13:15v median +6:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:58
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.