The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Rumo Leganyane & Themba Mdladla crossed the line in 1:13:54: 97th of 603 men's teams, faster than 84% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 93% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:22 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 5:26 more than the average race this season, going by 210 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:59Running 1 6:47v median −1:00
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Block 02 5:53Running 2 4:12v median −0:50
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 4:11v median −1:07
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 4:07v median −1:12
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Block 05 8:54Running 5 4:04v median −1:17
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Block 06 5:25Running 6 4:04v median −1:16
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Block 07 7:44Running 7 4:08v median −1:08
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Block 08 10:53Running 8 6:02v median −1:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.