The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Anneke Pitzer & Sharissa Smit crossed the line in 1:29:51: 246th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 67% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:03 on the median. A harder second half: 2:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 10:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:30Running 1 8:30v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 5:21v median −0:45
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Block 03 9:37Running 3 5:51v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:44v median −0:38
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 5:51v median −0:35
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:14v median −0:12
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 6:05v median −0:22
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Block 08 14:14Running 8 9:13v median −0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.