The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:34:49 at Johannesburg 2026 put Hlengiwe Mbatha & Lethokuhle Chongo 337th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 40% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:25 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:12 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 13:46Running 1 8:12v median −1:07
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Block 02 6:54Running 2 5:13v median −0:53
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Block 03 10:51Running 3 5:16v median −0:58
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Block 04 12:35Running 4 5:28v median −0:54
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Block 05 11:21Running 5 5:30v median −0:56
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:29v median −0:57
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 5:35v median −0:52
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 8:24v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:02
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.