The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:18 at Johannesburg 2026 put Gershuine Rooi & Brandon Williams 493rd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 41% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 1:21 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:27, behind 92% of the field.
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 12:34Running 1 8:09v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 5:22v median +0:20
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Block 03 12:53Running 3 9:08v median +3:50
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 6:37v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:19v median +0:58
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Block 06 7:43Running 6 5:58v median +0:38
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 6:01v median +0:45
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 9:21v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:27
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.