The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Juan-Marié Herbst took 3rd of 19 in the 30–34 age group at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:22:22.
The runs carried this race: faster than 99% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 49% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 8:21. Paced to finish: the second half went 11:18 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Johannesburg 2026 and Cape Town 1 2026 were 2:30 slower here, so the course was tougher than the clock suggests.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:43Running 1 5:05v median −2:03
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 3:36v median −1:02
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Block 03 9:20Running 3 3:51v median −1:11
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Block 04 18:45Running 4 4:01v median −1:00
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 3:36v median −1:22
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Block 06 5:40Running 6 3:51v median −1:09
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Block 07 7:36Running 7 3:55v median −1:05
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 5:42v median −1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 77
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 77 women who finished.