The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Darian Chetty & Malachizodok Mpolokeng finished 576th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:58:56.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:07. A harder second half: 8:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 12:52 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 14:56Running 1 9:29v median +1:42
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 6:23v median +1:21
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 6:13v median +0:55
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Block 04 11:17Running 4 5:59v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:56Running 5 6:10v median +0:49
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Block 06 12:55Running 6 10:15v median +4:55
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:50v median +0:34
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Block 08 19:50Running 8 13:24v median +5:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:52
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.