The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Cherize Steyn & Naomi Metz crossed the line in 1:33:51: 314th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 62% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:32 on the median.
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 13:34Running 1 8:34v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:36v median −0:30
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Block 03 9:33Running 3 5:57v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:33Running 4 6:23v median +0:01
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 6:18v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:16Running 6 6:15v median −0:11
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 5:48v median −0:39
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Block 08 13:13Running 8 9:24v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.