The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Floris Ernst Bellingan & Pieter Van der Merwe finished 291st of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:24:54, faster than 52% of the field.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:01 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 11:03Running 1 7:04v median −0:43
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:46v median −0:16
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 04 9:57Running 4 5:02v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:09v median −0:12
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:20v median +0:00
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 5:17v median +0:01
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 7:36v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:52
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.