The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Vrushali Shah & Verona Ramkumar crossed the line in 1:41:20: 476th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 76% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:59. The race faded late: the second half went 3:33 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 10:46 more than the average race this season, going by 355 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:52Running 1 8:07v median −1:12
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:12v median −0:54
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 5:28v median −0:46
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:23v median −0:59
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Block 05 11:42Running 5 5:32v median −0:54
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 5:52v median −0:34
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 5:42v median −0:45
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Block 08 16:56Running 8 8:49v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:43
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.