The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Aston Bull & Armand Viljoen crossed the line in 1:22:53: 253rd of 603 men's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 95% of the field beaten on the stations, against 40% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:24 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:34 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 11:54Running 1 8:01v median +0:14
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Block 02 6:16Running 2 4:42v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:29Running 3 5:16v median −0:02
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 5:13v median −0:06
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Block 05 10:03Running 5 5:44v median +0:23
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 5:12v median −0:08
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Block 07 8:20Running 7 5:16v median +0:00
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 10:32v median +2:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.