The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ruqayya Maseko finished 408th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:05:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:30 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:58 better against the middle of the field 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 14:18Running 1 7:56v median −0:40
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Block 02 9:59Running 2 5:52v median +0:07
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Block 03 15:15Running 3 6:01v median −0:01
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Block 04 18:28Running 4 5:41v median −0:25
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Block 05 13:29Running 5 6:20v median +0:07
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 6:19v median +0:08
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 6:22v median +0:14
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Block 08 18:39Running 8 11:14v median +1:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:45
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.