The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gert Visser & Laura Esterhuizen finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:13:28 for 53rd of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:07 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:19 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:00Running 1 6:42v median −1:36
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:35v median −0:53
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Block 03 8:35Running 3 4:46v median −0:59
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Block 04 8:00Running 4 4:38v median −1:07
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:37v median −1:13
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 4:30v median −1:17
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 4:07v median −1:37
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Block 08 10:40Running 8 6:24v median −2:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:54
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 678
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 678 mixed teams who finished.