The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Siphiwo Mogoere & Tafadzwa Mpofu finished 505th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:40:54.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 7% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:52 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 210 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:26 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:48Running 1 8:03v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:07v median +0:05
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:10v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 5:39v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:03v median +0:42
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 5:56v median +0:36
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Block 07 12:43Running 7 6:07v median +0:51
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Block 08 16:20Running 8 9:50v median +1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.