The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Cullen O'Donoghue & Cole Thomas crossed the line in 1:21:01: 215th of 603 men's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 71% of the field across all eight, against 50% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:54 on the median. A harder second half: 1:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:26 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:27Running 1 7:15v median −0:32
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:58v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:26Running 3 5:22v median +0:04
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 5:16v median −0:03
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Block 05 10:09Running 5 5:16v median −0:05
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Block 06 6:19Running 6 4:48v median −0:32
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Block 07 8:04Running 7 4:42v median −0:34
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Block 08 14:32Running 8 10:02v median +2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:29
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.