The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Adriaan Naude & Gareth Brandon finished 487th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:38:26.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:05 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:55 worse 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 13:04Running 1 9:00v median +1:13
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Block 02 8:22Running 2 6:21v median +1:19
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 6:59v median +1:41
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Block 04 9:42Running 4 6:17v median +0:58
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 7:01v median +1:40
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Block 06 8:54Running 6 6:51v median +1:31
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Block 07 11:52Running 7 7:03v median +1:47
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Block 08 14:37Running 8 10:21v median +2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
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.