The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gugulethu Nkosi & Siyabonga Mbatha finished 713th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:54:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 42% of the field beaten on the runs, 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 10:46.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:28Running 1 9:55v median +0:36
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 6:20v median +0:14
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Block 03 12:03Running 3 6:20v median +0:06
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Block 04 12:30Running 4 6:49v median +0:27
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 7:05v median +0:39
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:41v median +0:15
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Block 07 11:49Running 7 6:42v median +0:15
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Block 08 20:32Running 8 10:46v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:53
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.