The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:37:00 at Johannesburg 2026 put Matlali Matlanyane 570th of 633 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:58 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:24 better against the middle of the field than before it. 15:50 in the roxzone was slower than 94% 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 17:24Running 1 10:38v median +2:02
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Block 02 11:29Running 2 7:43v median +1:58
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Block 03 18:14Running 3 7:48v median +1:46
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Block 04 23:27Running 4 8:12v median +2:06
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Block 05 15:22Running 5 8:14v median +2:01
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Block 06 13:40Running 6 7:55v median +1:44
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Block 07 16:36Running 7 8:22v median +2:14
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Block 08 25:07Running 8 13:54v median +4:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 15:50
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.