The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lonwabo Bakumeni & Ntsikelelo Mlamleli finished 458th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:35:15.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 2:16 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:36 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 12:32Running 1 8:10v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:47Running 2 5:17v median +0:15
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Block 03 9:36Running 3 5:18v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:36Running 4 5:26v median +0:07
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 5:28v median +0:07
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:33v median +0:13
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Block 07 11:06Running 7 5:41v median +0:25
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Block 08 15:36Running 8 8:52v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
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.