The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mafori Mphahlele & Felix Mothiba finished 567th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:55:19.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:41. A harder second half: 13:00 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:13 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 13:07Running 1 8:21v median +0:34
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 6:19v median +1:17
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Block 03 10:47Running 3 6:15v median +0:57
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Block 04 12:08Running 4 6:55v median +1:36
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 7:00v median +1:39
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 7:21v median +2:01
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Block 07 13:22Running 7 7:36v median +2:20
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Block 08 22:57Running 8 15:34v median +7:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:13
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.