The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Geraldine Lourens finished in the top 10% of the field at Johannesburg 2026, in 1:27:06 for 52nd of 633 women in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:28 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:44 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 6:11, was faster than 97% 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 12:00Running 1 7:28v median −1:08
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Block 02 7:52Running 2 4:51v median −0:54
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Block 03 10:14Running 3 5:05v median −0:57
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Block 04 11:03Running 4 5:05v median −1:01
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Block 05 10:17Running 5 5:18v median −0:55
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:20v median −0:51
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 5:15v median −0:53
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 7:40v median −2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.