The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:15 at Johannesburg 2026 put Paul Nkandela & Kopano Mariri 373rd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 58% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:50 quicker than the median and 54th of 603. A harder second half: 2:28 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 12:34Running 1 8:14v median +0:27
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:26v median +0:24
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Block 03 8:54Running 3 5:37v median +0:19
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 6:10v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:06Running 5 6:10v median +0:49
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:10v median +0:50
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Block 07 9:12Running 7 6:18v median +1:02
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Block 08 14:32Running 8 9:03v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.