The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bontle Mmutle & Candice Bennett finished 794th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:58:52.
A station race more than a running one: 40% of the field beaten on the stations, against 18% on the runs. The sled push cost the most time: 0:50 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:47 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 15:54Running 1 10:20v median +1:01
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Block 02 10:32Running 2 7:41v median +1:35
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Block 03 13:03Running 3 7:25v median +1:11
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Block 04 13:18Running 4 7:41v median +1:19
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Block 05 13:47Running 5 7:50v median +1:24
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Block 06 10:31Running 6 8:17v median +1:51
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Block 07 12:50Running 7 8:05v median +1:38
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Block 08 18:04Running 8 12:47v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:58
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.