The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anele Cele & Megan Reece finished 922nd of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:09:51.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:25, behind 87% of the field.
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 16:00Running 1 11:12v median +1:53
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 8:25v median +2:19
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Block 03 13:37Running 3 8:58v median +2:44
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Block 04 16:29Running 4 9:28v median +3:06
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Block 05 18:27Running 5 12:08v median +5:42
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 9:03v median +2:37
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 8:10v median +1:43
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Block 08 18:41Running 8 14:01v median +4:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:25
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.