The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keith Mafu & Phaphama Jali finished 400th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:31:22.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:40 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:17 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:34Running 1 8:34v median +0:47
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 6:00v median +0:58
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 6:11v median +0:53
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 6:02v median +0:43
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:08v median +0:47
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 5:50v median +0:30
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 5:48v median +0:32
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Block 08 13:38Running 8 8:34v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:13
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.