The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Fumani Makaringe & Lucia Maepa finished 998th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:21:25.
The stations carried this race: faster than 42% of the field across all eight, against 4% on the runs. A harder second half: 9:26 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 18:31, behind 99% 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 17:09Running 1 12:07v median +2:48
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Block 02 10:37Running 2 8:15v median +2:09
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Block 03 13:21Running 3 8:18v median +2:04
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Block 04 15:23Running 4 8:28v median +2:06
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Block 05 16:14Running 5 9:53v median +3:27
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Block 06 14:42Running 6 12:34v median +6:08
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Block 07 13:46Running 7 9:35v median +3:08
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Block 08 21:49Running 8 16:24v median +6:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:31
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.