The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gladiola Mbatha & Jeanette Masikane finished 591st of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:46:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:34 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:20 better 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 15:09Running 1 9:50v median +0:31
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 6:43v median +0:37
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Block 03 11:00Running 3 6:22v median +0:08
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 7:00v median +0:38
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 6:57v median +0:31
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Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:49v median +0:23
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Block 07 11:01Running 7 6:44v median +0:17
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Block 08 15:18Running 8 10:12v median +0:24
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.