The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gabriel Bloem & Timothy Singh finished 353rd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:27:59.
Legs and stations told different stories: 57% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:39 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:52Running 1 8:16v median +0:29
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Block 02 6:50Running 2 4:54v median −0:08
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 5:11v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:30Running 4 5:05v median −0:14
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Block 05 10:18Running 5 4:53v median −0:28
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 4:48v median −0:32
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 5:07v median −0:09
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Block 08 13:25Running 8 8:14v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.