The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Izak Venter & Anita Venter finished 402nd of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:37:53.
A station race more than a running one: 52% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:30 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:22 better against the middle of the field 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 14:48Running 1 10:08v median +1:50
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 6:04v median +0:36
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 6:18v median +0:33
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 6:44v median +0:59
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:16v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:37v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 6:35v median +0:51
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 9:14v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:38
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.