The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:20 at Johannesburg 2026 put Sipho Ndumndum & Soné Brink 464th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 84% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:56 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:39 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 13:36Running 1 9:16v median +0:58
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 7:27v median +1:59
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 7:05v median +1:20
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 7:36v median +1:51
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 7:37v median +1:47
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:35v median +1:48
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Block 07 11:22Running 7 7:41v median +1:57
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Block 08 15:11Running 8 10:57v median +2:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:50
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.