The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tafara Calvin Butayi & Chipo Masawi finished 439th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:40:20.
Legs and stations told different stories: 53% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:51 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:49 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 13:48Running 1 8:42v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:51Running 2 5:32v median +0:04
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 5:41v median −0:04
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Block 04 11:28Running 4 5:34v median −0:11
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 5:33v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 5:29v median −0:18
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Block 07 11:07Running 7 5:43v median −0:01
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 8:35v median −0:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:17
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.