The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:04 at Johannesburg 2026 put Nokuthula Malinga & Lungelo Malinga 659th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 30% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:11 quicker than the median and 91st of 1,061. The race faded late: the second half went 4:29 worse 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 13:54Running 1 8:52v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 6:00v median −0:06
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 8:21v median +2:07
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Block 04 12:37Running 4 6:31v median +0:09
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Block 05 13:28Running 5 7:18v median +0:52
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 8:17v median +1:51
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Block 07 9:53Running 7 6:47v median +0:20
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Block 08 18:06Running 8 12:30v median +2:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:46
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.