The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lerato Mabeleng & Mzwakhe Tshabalala finished 484th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:43:49.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:29 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 2:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 14:26Running 1 9:30v median +1:12
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 5:44v median +0:16
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 5:51v median +0:06
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 8:46v median +3:01
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:03v median +0:13
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:10v median +0:23
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 6:16v median +0:32
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Block 08 19:07Running 8 12:44v median +4:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.