The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Yasmin Zubeida Atcha & Helene van der Merwe crossed the line in 1:37:49: 396th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 63% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 1:06 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 13:46Running 1 8:52v median −0:27
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 5:39v median −0:27
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 6:13v median −0:01
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Block 04 10:47Running 4 6:12v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:16v median −0:10
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:24v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 6:30v median +0:03
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 9:51v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:55
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.