The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gavin Mahoney & Stephan Buys finished 292nd of 325 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 1:43:07.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:52 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:34 better 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 11:31Running 1 7:25v median +3:15
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Block 02 9:13Running 2 7:23v median +1:34
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 7:29v median +1:20
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 7:47v median +1:30
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Block 05 13:13Running 5 8:21v median +1:48
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 7:45v median +1:19
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 7:56v median +1:30
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 8:53v median +1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.