The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lourens Maritz & Chris-Jan Vermeulen finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:09:02 for 39th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 62% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:06 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:24Running 1 5:23v median −2:24
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Block 02 5:28Running 2 3:48v median −1:14
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Block 03 6:47Running 3 3:58v median −1:20
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Block 04 7:56Running 4 4:10v median −1:09
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Block 05 8:17Running 5 4:08v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:25Running 6 4:03v median −1:17
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Block 07 7:16Running 7 4:05v median −1:11
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Block 08 11:29Running 8 4:41v median −3:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 593
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 593 men's teams who finished.