The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Gidon Romberg & Benji Bernstein crossed the line in 1:23:56: 272nd of 603 men's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:58 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:01 better against the middle of the field 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 12:08Running 1 7:58v median +0:11
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:13v median +0:11
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Block 03 8:44Running 3 5:19v median +0:01
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 5:15v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:13v median −0:08
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Block 06 6:57Running 6 5:09v median −0:11
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Block 07 7:43Running 7 4:57v median −0:19
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 7:47v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:02
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.