The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Carmen Spence & Gunter Krüger crossed the line in 1:27:58: 264th of 684 mixed teams, faster than 61% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 73% of the field across all eight, against 50% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:53 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:01 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 205 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:28Running 1 8:16v median −0:02
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Block 02 7:18Running 2 5:24v median −0:04
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Block 03 9:31Running 3 5:38v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 5:41v median −0:04
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Block 05 10:46Running 5 5:56v median +0:06
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Block 06 7:54Running 6 6:02v median +0:15
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:48v median +0:04
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Block 08 13:48Running 8 8:46v median +0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.