The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sithabile Ntombela & S’lindokuhle Ngobese finished 721st of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:54:32.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:46 quicker than the median and 219th of 1,061. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:52.
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 16:17Running 1 10:31v median +1:12
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Block 02 9:17Running 2 7:06v median +1:00
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 7:23v median +1:09
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Block 04 13:12Running 4 7:43v median +1:21
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Block 05 13:58Running 5 8:04v median +1:38
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Block 06 9:41Running 6 7:43v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 8:07v median +1:40
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Block 08 16:12Running 8 11:11v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:03
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.