The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:22 at Johannesburg 2026 put Berlaine Beemiah & Desmond Beemiah 512th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 14% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:57 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:29 worse 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 13:12Running 1 8:21v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:40v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:30Running 3 5:42v median −0:03
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Block 04 11:21Running 4 6:02v median +0:17
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Block 05 12:31Running 5 6:04v median +0:14
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:59v median +0:12
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 6:05v median +0:21
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Block 08 17:13Running 8 9:22v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:04
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.