The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Monique Wessels & Wynand Wessels finished 386th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:36:24.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 31% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 2:42 more than the average race this season, going by 205 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:42Running 1 9:03v median +0:45
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Block 02 7:36Running 2 5:40v median +0:12
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 6:13v median +0:28
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Block 04 10:28Running 4 6:21v median +0:36
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Block 05 11:24Running 5 6:36v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:44Running 6 6:34v median +0:47
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:22v median +0:38
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Block 08 14:55Running 8 9:51v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:54
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 678
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 678 mixed teams who finished.