The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lerato Ntaje finished 494th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:19:24.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:35. A harder second half: 9:54 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 16:40Running 1 10:20v median +1:44
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Block 02 9:44Running 2 6:48v median +1:03
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Block 03 15:23Running 3 7:10v median +1:08
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Block 04 16:53Running 4 7:20v median +1:14
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Block 05 14:28Running 5 7:17v median +1:04
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Block 06 10:57Running 6 7:44v median +1:33
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Block 07 16:39Running 7 7:52v median +1:44
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Block 08 26:20Running 8 13:15v median +3:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:29
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.