The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:43 at Johannesburg 2026 put Minenhle Gumede & Sonwabile Bomela 469th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:02 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 15:01Running 1 10:18v median +2:00
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Block 02 9:56Running 2 8:01v median +2:33
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Block 03 12:52Running 3 8:55v median +3:10
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 6:06v median +0:21
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Block 05 11:15Running 5 6:12v median +0:22
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Block 06 7:57Running 6 6:10v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:00Running 7 6:15v median +0:31
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Block 08 16:45Running 8 11:38v median +2:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.