The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nelisiwe Makhubela finished 513th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:23:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 9% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 12:21. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:47 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 161 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 3:14 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 15:44Running 1 9:17v median +0:41
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Block 02 8:43Running 2 5:51v median +0:06
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 6:08v median +0:06
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Block 04 28:17Running 4 6:39v median +0:33
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Block 05 14:43Running 5 7:57v median +1:44
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Block 06 9:31Running 6 6:55v median +0:44
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Block 07 13:51Running 7 6:50v median +0:42
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Block 08 26:21Running 8 11:53v median +2:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:47
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.