The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:30 at Johannesburg 2026 put Jacques De Wet Booysen & Michael Pepper 205th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 66% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 54% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:57 on the median. A harder second half: 1:43 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 11:37Running 1 7:28v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:46v median −0:16
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Block 03 7:58Running 3 5:09v median −0:09
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Block 04 8:22Running 4 5:14v median −0:05
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Block 05 10:10Running 5 5:38v median +0:17
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:23v median +0:03
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Block 07 8:35Running 7 5:18v median +0:02
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Block 08 12:14Running 8 8:04v median +0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:13
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.