The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:50 at Johannesburg 2026 put Marelize Brooks on the age-group podium: 2nd of 107 in the 25–29 age group.
The wall balls were the standout, 4:36 quicker than the median and 4th of 633. Stronger after halfway: 2:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:31, was faster than 99% of the field.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 3:14 more than the average race this season, going by 161 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:35Running 1 6:36v median −2:00
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:15v median −1:30
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 4:23v median −1:39
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Block 04 9:18Running 4 4:32v median −1:34
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:33v median −1:40
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:35v median −1:36
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 4:31v median −1:37
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Block 08 10:32Running 8 6:38v median −3:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 627
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 627 women who finished.