The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thembelihle Zwane & Nombuso Zwane finished 852nd of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:04:16.
A station race more than a running one: 46% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 7:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:01 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 15:07Running 1 9:44v median +0:25
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 6:56v median +0:50
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Block 03 12:50Running 3 7:24v median +1:10
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Block 04 14:07Running 4 7:30v median +1:08
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Block 05 15:16Running 5 10:01v median +3:35
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Block 06 11:50Running 6 9:52v median +3:26
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Block 07 13:01Running 7 8:07v median +1:40
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Block 08 18:09Running 8 13:17v median +3:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:01
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.