The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ihsaan Jada & Riaaz Khan finished 377th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:29:26.
Legs and stations told different stories: 50% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:34. The race faded late: the second half went 3:33 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 11:51Running 1 7:25v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:16v median +0:14
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 5:02v median −0:16
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Block 04 9:54Running 4 5:04v median −0:15
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Block 05 10:30Running 5 5:26v median +0:05
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:38v median +0:18
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Block 07 10:07Running 7 5:38v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 8:18v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.