The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nondumiso Radebe & Carlyn Smith finished 718th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:54:23.
Legs and stations told different stories: 45% of the field beaten on the runs, 17% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:28 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:44 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 15:50Running 1 9:57v median +0:38
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:16v median +0:10
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Block 03 12:16Running 3 6:18v median +0:04
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Block 04 13:58Running 4 6:22v median +0:00
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Block 05 13:55Running 5 7:04v median +0:38
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Block 06 8:42Running 6 6:34v median +0:08
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Block 07 13:19Running 7 6:34v median +0:07
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Block 08 17:48Running 8 10:30v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.