The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:24 at Johannesburg 2026 put Richard Stevens & Mike Sharman 436th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:35 on the median. A harder second half: 2:43 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 13:12Running 1 8:54v median +1:07
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Block 02 7:01Running 2 5:33v median +0:31
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 5:51v median +0:33
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:23v median +1:04
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 6:44v median +1:23
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:18v median +0:58
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 6:21v median +1:05
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Block 08 14:50Running 8 9:47v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:11
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.