The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sumaiyah Mathebula & Kavin Mathebula finished 555th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:49:09.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:16 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:24 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 14:04Running 1 9:00v median +0:42
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:50v median +0:22
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 6:07v median +0:22
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Block 04 12:28Running 4 6:26v median +0:41
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 6:37v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 5:56v median +0:09
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Block 07 13:28Running 7 6:08v median +0:24
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Block 08 17:39Running 8 9:29v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.