The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Franzelle Mertz finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:23:44 for 33rd of 633 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 99% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 74% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:04 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 5:49, was faster than 98% of the field.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:14.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:30Running 1 5:22v median −3:14
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 3:48v median −1:57
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 4:16v median −1:46
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Block 04 11:02Running 4 3:49v median −2:17
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Block 05 9:39Running 5 4:03v median −2:10
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 3:53v median −2:18
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Block 07 8:40Running 7 4:06v median −2:02
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Block 08 15:02Running 8 5:52v median −3:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
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.