The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lulu Mboweni & Gugu Buthelezi finished 935th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:10:34.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:32. The race faded late: the second half went 7:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 15:38Running 1 10:30v median +1:11
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 7:21v median +1:15
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Block 03 13:22Running 3 7:51v median +1:37
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Block 04 16:22Running 4 8:08v median +1:46
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Block 05 17:44Running 5 11:15v median +4:49
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Block 06 10:58Running 6 8:34v median +2:08
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Block 07 13:25Running 7 8:44v median +2:17
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Block 08 21:11Running 8 16:26v median +6:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:41
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.