The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, Valencia Van Vuuren & Gcebile Nelisiwe Sikhondze crossed the line in 1:43:42: 524th of 1,061 women's teams, faster than 51% of the field.
The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:30 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:50 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 14:02Running 1 8:57v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 5:58v median −0:08
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Block 03 12:00Running 3 6:21v median +0:07
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Block 04 12:57Running 4 6:25v median +0:03
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Block 05 12:40Running 5 6:25v median −0:01
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:42v median +0:16
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 6:38v median +0:11
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Block 08 14:02Running 8 9:24v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:45
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.