The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:29 at Johannesburg 2026 put Stephan Badenhorst & Joanie van der Walt 559th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 205 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:28Running 1 10:02v median +1:44
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 6:47v median +1:19
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 7:00v median +1:15
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Block 04 13:11Running 4 7:04v median +1:19
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Block 05 12:47Running 5 7:38v median +1:48
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:26v median +1:39
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 7:19v median +1:35
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Block 08 18:10Running 8 11:29v median +2:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:36
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.