The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xander Machin & Natius Moolman finished 287th of 325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:42:32.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. No single station decided it: every one landed within 0:13 of the median. A harder second half: 1:21 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 8:04Running 1 4:05v median −0:05
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 8:39v median +2:50
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 9:12v median +3:03
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 8:59v median +2:42
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Block 05 13:53Running 5 9:09v median +2:36
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 9:02v median +2:36
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Block 07 12:33Running 7 9:04v median +2:38
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 9:35v median +2:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:42
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.