The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Nicola Pople & Marthinus Strydom crossed the line in 1:29:27: 294th of 684 mixed teams, faster than 57% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 42% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:11 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 2:42 more than the average race this season, going by 205 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:21Running 1 8:01v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:15v median −0:13
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Block 03 9:51Running 3 5:58v median +0:13
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Block 04 9:27Running 4 6:17v median +0:32
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 6:10v median +0:20
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 6:01v median +0:14
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Block 07 10:30Running 7 6:10v median +0:26
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Block 08 13:51Running 8 9:45v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:47
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.