The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lungelo Gwala & Charmaine Shange finished 1,034th of 1,061 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:32:36.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:21. A harder second half: 23:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 13:29 in the roxzone was slower than 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 16:28Running 1 10:56v median +1:37
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Block 02 9:55Running 2 7:33v median +1:27
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Block 03 13:19Running 3 7:32v median +1:18
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Block 04 17:56Running 4 8:33v median +2:11
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Block 05 21:04Running 5 14:35v median +8:09
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Block 06 14:19Running 6 11:58v median +5:32
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Block 07 22:16Running 7 15:39v median +9:12
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Block 08 23:57Running 8 14:28v median +4:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:29
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.