The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Talton Cooke & Brent Giovannoni crossed the line in 1:24:39: 288th of 603 men's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:44 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 11:21Running 1 7:11v median −0:36
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Block 02 6:14Running 2 4:29v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:46Running 3 5:19v median +0:01
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Block 04 9:21Running 4 4:55v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:30v median +0:09
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 4:56v median −0:24
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 5:42v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:04Running 8 5:42v median −2:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.