The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Comfort Tebogo Fakude & Ethel Lilly Fakude finished 356th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:33:41.
Legs and stations told different stories: 59% of the field beaten on the runs, 39% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 0:59. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:09Running 1 8:25v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:30Running 2 5:25v median −0:03
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 5:30v median −0:15
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Block 04 10:53Running 4 5:33v median −0:12
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 5:33v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:19v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:29Running 7 5:25v median −0:19
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Block 08 13:40Running 8 8:14v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:26
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.