The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xolile Mtwa & Nosipho Biyela finished 811th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:00:47.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 15% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:53 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 16:27Running 1 10:40v median +1:21
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Block 02 9:11Running 2 6:45v median +0:39
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Block 03 13:37Running 3 6:43v median +0:29
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Block 04 13:47Running 4 6:48v median +0:26
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 6:55v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:53v median +0:27
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 7:11v median +0:44
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Block 08 18:39Running 8 10:38v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:00
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.