The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lerato Rampana finished 550th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 2:31:54.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 4:18. The race faded late: the second half went 8:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 15:22 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 17:16Running 1 11:03v median +2:27
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Block 02 10:30Running 2 7:05v median +1:20
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Block 03 17:02Running 3 7:30v median +1:28
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Block 04 19:17Running 4 7:21v median +1:15
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Block 05 15:09Running 5 8:01v median +1:48
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Block 06 11:56Running 6 7:48v median +1:37
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Block 07 19:03Running 7 8:37v median +2:29
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Block 08 26:25Running 8 14:17v median +4:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:22
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.