The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Walter Language & Rosalina Language finished 444th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:40:42.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:49Running 1 8:57v median +0:39
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:21v median −0:07
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Block 03 10:17Running 3 5:45v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 5:39v median −0:06
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:00v median +0:10
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:48v median +0:01
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Block 07 13:08Running 7 5:52v median +0:08
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Block 08 16:33Running 8 8:56v median +0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:44
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.