The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mahlatse Machete finished 504th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:20:22.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 6:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Johannesburg. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 3:14. That was 2:00 off the time at Cape Town 1 2026.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:21Running 1 8:58v median +0:22
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 6:22v median +0:37
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Block 03 16:06Running 3 7:24v median +1:22
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Block 04 19:18Running 4 6:47v median +0:41
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Block 05 14:49Running 5 7:15v median +1:02
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Block 06 10:29Running 6 7:28v median +1:17
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Block 07 16:17Running 7 7:14v median +1:06
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Block 08 26:10Running 8 12:04v median +2:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:16
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.