The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Palesa Lepholletse & Siphokazi Maqubela crossed the line in 1:33:29: 309th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 80% of the field beaten on the runs, 46% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:53 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:50 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 355 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 10:46 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:40Running 1 7:11v median −2:08
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:43v median −1:23
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 5:37v median −0:37
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 5:52v median −0:30
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:00v median −0:26
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 5:21v median −1:05
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Block 07 9:58Running 7 5:45v median −0:42
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 8:14v median −1:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.