The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Sakhile Sithole & Kamohelo Masibi crossed the line in 1:22:54: 255th of 603 men's teams, faster than 58% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:47 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:25 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 10:46Running 1 6:22v median −1:25
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 4:55v median −0:07
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 4:54v median −0:24
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:21v median +0:02
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Block 05 10:19Running 5 5:20v median −0:01
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Block 06 6:40Running 6 4:51v median −0:29
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 5:46v median +0:30
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 7:41v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:45
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.