The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Pikkie Swanepoel & Deon Smith crossed the line in 1:23:28: 260th of 603 men's teams, faster than 57% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 49% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:45 on the median.
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 12:20Running 1 8:17v median +0:30
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Block 02 6:52Running 2 5:17v median +0:15
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 5:33v median +0:15
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 5:15v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:23Running 5 5:31v median +0:10
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Block 06 7:04Running 6 5:24v median +0:04
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:18v median +0:02
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Block 08 11:36Running 8 7:15v median −0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.