The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laban Nyachikanda & Edem Ayivi-Akpagana finished 570th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:55:48.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:14 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:07 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 14:11, behind 96% of the field.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:40Running 1 8:48v median +1:01
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 5:50v median +0:48
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 7:23v median +2:05
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 7:15v median +1:56
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Block 05 13:01Running 5 7:35v median +2:14
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:17v median +1:57
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Block 07 14:25Running 7 7:27v median +2:11
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Block 08 17:44Running 8 11:34v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:11
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.