The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Thembisa Ngcobo & Nhlanhla Manzini finished 541st of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:48:21.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 13:57, behind 95% of the field.
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 14:09Running 1 9:12v median +0:54
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Block 02 8:12Running 2 5:58v median +0:30
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Block 03 11:08Running 3 6:44v median +0:59
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Block 04 11:31Running 4 7:02v median +1:17
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 7:07v median +1:17
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:49v median +1:02
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Block 07 12:39Running 7 7:57v median +2:13
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Block 08 15:21Running 8 10:19v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:57
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.