The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:00 at Johannesburg 2026 put Mphasi Manenzhe 451st of 633 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 50% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:12. A harder second half: 5:26 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 15:24Running 1 8:57v median +0:21
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Block 02 8:49Running 2 5:28v median −0:17
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Block 03 15:02Running 3 5:53v median −0:09
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Block 04 16:02Running 4 5:33v median −0:33
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 5:48v median −0:25
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 5:49v median −0:22
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Block 07 15:13Running 7 5:53v median −0:15
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Block 08 23:14Running 8 11:52v median +2:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:08
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.