The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olwethu Mvunyiswa & Shaun Dendere finished 398th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:31:15.
The runs carried this race: faster than 49% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:57. The race faded late: the second half went 1:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:28Running 1 8:33v median +0:46
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Block 02 7:07Running 2 5:14v median +0:12
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:12v median −0:06
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 5:09v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:24v median +0:03
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:17v median −0:03
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:08v median −0:08
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 8:03v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
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.