The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hussain Kotwal & Ali Bhamjee finished 547th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:48:51.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:17 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:50 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 12:33, behind 93% 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 16:43Running 1 11:58v median +4:11
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 6:13v median +1:11
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:16v median +0:58
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Block 04 12:12Running 4 8:05v median +2:46
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 7:14v median +1:53
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:47v median +0:27
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 5:36v median +0:20
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Block 08 15:09Running 8 9:11v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:33
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.