The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:27 at Johannesburg 2026 put Marinda Van Stryp 125th of 633 women in the Open division, ahead of 80% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 88% of the field across all eight, against 67% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:13 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 3:14 more than the average race this season, going by 161 athletes who raced both. An improvement of 5:10 on Cape Town 1 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:53Running 1 8:43v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 5:30v median −0:15
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Block 03 11:16Running 3 5:30v median −0:32
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 5:32v median −0:34
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Block 05 11:35Running 5 5:46v median −0:27
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Block 06 7:39Running 6 5:34v median −0:37
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Block 07 10:09Running 7 5:26v median −0:42
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 8:21v median −1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:09
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.