The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sihle Bikitsha & Thandile Doubada finished 711th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:53:49.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:26 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 14:33Running 1 8:31v median −0:48
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Block 02 8:09Running 2 6:14v median +0:08
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Block 03 14:49Running 3 9:50v median +3:36
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 7:06v median +0:44
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Block 05 13:49Running 5 7:11v median +0:45
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 7:28v median +1:02
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Block 07 12:11Running 7 7:42v median +1:15
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Block 08 18:14Running 8 11:16v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:59
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.