The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Leah Gittleson at Johannesburg 2026: 1:23:47, 35th of 633 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:27 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 7:17, was faster than 90% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 161 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:14 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:52Running 1 5:59v median −2:37
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:18v median −1:27
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Block 03 9:12Running 3 4:20v median −1:42
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Block 04 11:59Running 4 4:31v median −1:35
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Block 05 9:38Running 5 4:35v median −1:38
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:39v median −1:32
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:30v median −1:38
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Block 08 13:28Running 8 6:46v median −2:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.