The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:32:10 at Johannesburg 2026 put Ken-Hsing Li & Ching Tung Chen 417th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 58% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 3:17 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:39 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 12:11Running 1 7:25v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:07v median +0:05
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 5:21v median +0:03
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 5:19v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 5:36v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:27v median +0:07
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 5:10v median −0:06
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 6:48v median −1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.