The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:46:17 at Johannesburg 2026 put Phindile Mlangeni & Sinky Thobajane 573rd of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 69% of the field across all eight, against 40% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:55 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 3:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 13:23Running 1 8:29v median −0:50
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Block 02 8:44Running 2 6:27v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:31Running 3 6:19v median +0:05
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 6:42v median +0:20
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Block 05 13:05Running 5 7:57v median +1:31
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:55v median +0:29
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 6:33v median +0:06
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Block 08 16:54Running 8 11:47v median +1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:40
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.