The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Muller & Samantha Mainland finished 172nd of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:26:16, faster than 84% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 2:13 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 7:03, was faster than 90% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 10:46 more than the average race this season, going by 355 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:03Running 1 7:38v median −1:41
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:35v median −1:31
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 4:48v median −1:26
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Block 04 8:47Running 4 4:48v median −1:34
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:04v median −1:22
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Block 06 6:47Running 6 5:00v median −1:26
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Block 07 9:07Running 7 4:55v median −1:32
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Block 08 14:26Running 8 7:27v median −2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 1054
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,054 women's teams who finished.