The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:36 at Johannesburg 2026 put Jané Venter 128th of 633 women in the Open division, ahead of 80% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 87% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 66% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:00 on the median. A harder second half: 2:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 12:58Running 1 7:22v median −1:14
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 4:35v median −1:10
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 4:50v median −1:12
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Block 04 12:06Running 4 4:49v median −1:17
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 4:56v median −1:17
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Block 06 7:12Running 6 5:00v median −1:11
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Block 07 12:10Running 7 4:57v median −1:11
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Block 08 15:23Running 8 7:55v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:28
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.