The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:52 at Johannesburg 2026 put Paul Shackleton & Ryan Aitken 96th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 84% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 92% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 35% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:14. A harder second half: 4:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:26 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:39v median −2:08
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Block 02 5:44Running 2 4:02v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:46Running 3 4:24v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:55Running 4 4:23v median −0:56
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Block 05 9:11Running 5 4:36v median −0:45
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:20v median −1:00
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Block 07 8:29Running 7 4:15v median −1:01
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 6:17v median −1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:18
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.