The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fundi Zuma & Sfundo Buthelezi finished 143rd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:16:28, faster than 76% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 88% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 36% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:00. The race faded late: the second half went 1:45 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 10:21Running 1 6:11v median −1:36
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Block 02 6:01Running 2 3:54v median −1:08
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Block 03 7:51Running 3 4:00v median −1:18
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 4:10v median −1:09
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 4:16v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:47Running 6 4:08v median −1:12
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Block 07 7:33Running 7 4:19v median −0:57
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Block 08 14:13Running 8 8:34v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:22
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.