The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pulane Nel Sekepe & Analicia Rajpal finished 908th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:08:31.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 6% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:10 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:42 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 16:48Running 1 11:41v median +2:22
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Block 02 9:37Running 2 7:31v median +1:25
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Block 03 12:58Running 3 8:20v median +2:06
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Block 04 15:05Running 4 8:52v median +2:30
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Block 05 14:38Running 5 8:53v median +2:27
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Block 06 11:08Running 6 8:49v median +2:23
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 8:35v median +2:08
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Block 08 24:11Running 8 17:53v median +8:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:43
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.