The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jayden van den Heever & Willie van Rooyen finished 516th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:42:15.
A station race more than a running one: 90% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:08 in the roxzone was slower than 91% 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 11:46Running 1 7:22v median −0:25
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Block 02 8:39Running 2 7:01v median +1:59
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 8:37v median +3:19
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 7:51v median +2:32
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:45v median +2:24
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Block 06 10:28Running 6 8:20v median +3:00
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Block 07 10:06Running 7 7:05v median +1:49
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Block 08 14:54Running 8 11:11v median +3:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:08
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.