The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:12 at Johannesburg 2026 put Divan Pretorius & Christiaan Rossouw 139th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 77% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 89% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 64% on the stations. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:27Running 1 6:34v median −1:13
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Block 02 5:33Running 2 3:59v median −1:03
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Block 03 7:16Running 3 4:25v median −0:53
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Block 04 8:48Running 4 4:17v median −1:02
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Block 05 9:13Running 5 4:33v median −0:48
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Block 06 5:55Running 6 4:24v median −0:56
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Block 07 7:26Running 7 4:29v median −0:47
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Block 08 12:17Running 8 6:40v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:26
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.