The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Ramsamy-Agapitus & Gurschulle Neethling finished 545th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:44:53.
The stations carried this race: faster than 64% of the field across all eight, against 38% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:33 quicker than the median and 292nd of 1,061. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:18 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 16:02Running 1 11:02v median +1:43
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 6:39v median +0:33
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 6:46v median +0:32
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 6:53v median +0:31
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 6:47v median +0:21
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:43v median +0:17
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Block 07 10:33Running 7 6:49v median +0:22
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Block 08 14:41Running 8 10:03v median +0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:58
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.