The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:56 at Johannesburg 2026 put Ingrid Mtsweni & Shawn Sakala 564th of 684 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 49% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:43 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 13:29Running 1 8:48v median +0:30
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 6:39v median +1:11
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 8:16v median +2:31
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Block 04 12:17Running 4 8:13v median +2:28
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Block 05 13:48Running 5 8:03v median +2:13
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 7:47v median +2:00
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 8:04v median +2:20
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 12:17v median +3:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.