The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tapiwa Mangezi & Biselele Tshamala finished 542nd of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:47:28.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 2:49 better against the middle of the field than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:40, behind 96% 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 13:41Running 1 9:31v median +1:44
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 6:32v median +1:30
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Block 03 10:04Running 3 7:25v median +2:07
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Block 04 15:33Running 4 11:59v median +6:40
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Block 05 10:58Running 5 6:29v median +1:08
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Block 06 10:10Running 6 8:04v median +2:44
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 6:22v median +1:06
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Block 08 14:22Running 8 10:07v median +2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:40
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.