The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Diya Shah & Shahil Santhram finished 585th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:51:53.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:39. Stronger after halfway: 1:50 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 15:12Running 1 10:38v median +2:20
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 7:52v median +2:24
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 8:03v median +2:18
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Block 04 12:05Running 4 7:09v median +1:24
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 7:36v median +1:46
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 8:01v median +2:14
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Block 07 12:28Running 7 8:03v median +2:19
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 11:55v median +3:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:02
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.