The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:09 at Johannesburg I 2025 put Melissa Roux & Nikkie Smuts 453rd of 547 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 61% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:13 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:27 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg I cost the whole field time: about 10:54 more than the average race this season, going by 268 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:45Running 1 5:18v median +0:34
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 8:04v median +1:33
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 8:27v median +1:46
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 8:47v median +1:57
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Block 05 14:54Running 5 9:05v median +1:58
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Block 06 10:59Running 6 8:50v median +1:46
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Block 07 13:33Running 7 8:42v median +1:40
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Block 08 17:11Running 8 11:08v median +3:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:53
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 76
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 76 women's teams who finished.