The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:06 at Johannesburg 2026 put Philip Grobler & Nicholas J. van den Bergh 180th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 70% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 73% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 0:41.
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 11:44Running 1 7:18v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:22Running 2 4:35v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:28Running 3 4:44v median −0:34
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Block 04 8:33Running 4 4:44v median −0:35
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Block 05 9:44Running 5 4:57v median −0:24
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Block 06 7:19Running 6 4:51v median −0:29
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 4:44v median −0:32
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 7:23v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.