The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:06 at Johannesburg 2026 put Manga Belle & Pamella Magwaza 492nd of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 51% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:32 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 205 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:18Running 1 7:43v median −0:35
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 5:34v median +0:06
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 5:38v median −0:07
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:45v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:39Running 5 5:54v median +0:04
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:04v median +0:17
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 5:40v median −0:04
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Block 08 16:24Running 8 8:58v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:15
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.