The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:24 at Johannesburg 2026 put Kirsten Keightley-Smith & Samantha McLaverty 198th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 81% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 93% of the field across all eight, against 71% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:20 on the median. A harder second half: 2:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:50Running 1 7:36v median −1:43
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:16v median −0:50
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:32v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 5:31v median −0:51
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Block 05 10:55Running 5 5:58v median −0:28
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Block 06 7:50Running 6 5:59v median −0:27
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 6:23v median −0:04
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Block 08 13:28Running 8 9:19v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:37
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.