The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:23 at Johannesburg 2026 put David Sham & Alastair Adams 344th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 4:38 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:22 better 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 11:36Running 1 7:25v median −0:22
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Block 02 6:28Running 2 4:38v median −0:24
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 4:57v median −0:21
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Block 04 9:02Running 4 5:02v median −0:17
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Block 05 9:52Running 5 5:00v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:04v median −0:16
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:04v median −0:12
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 7:38v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.