The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marcel Naude & Jaco Van der Merwe finished 441st of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:33:40.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:03. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:49Running 1 8:32v median +0:45
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Block 02 6:58Running 2 5:18v median +0:16
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Block 03 9:19Running 3 5:55v median +0:37
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Block 04 10:58Running 4 6:21v median +1:02
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 6:21v median +1:00
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:26v median +1:06
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 6:14v median +0:58
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 9:11v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.