The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sharif Mohamed & Taahir Essof finished 589th of 603 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:09:32.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:08 slower than the median. A harder second half: 25:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:04Running 1 7:37v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:25Running 2 5:26v median +0:24
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Block 03 14:19Running 3 10:10v median +4:52
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 7:22v median +2:03
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Block 05 33:29Running 5 28:30v median +23:09
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:27v median +1:07
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Block 07 10:32Running 7 6:09v median +0:53
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Block 08 21:44Running 8 14:54v median +6:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:58
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.