The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:04:29 at Johannesburg 2026 put Thembeka Buleni 619th of 633 women in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 23% of the field across all eight, against 1% on the runs. The sled pull cost the most time: 3:53 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 17:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 17:52Running 1 11:02v median +2:26
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Block 02 13:19Running 2 10:19v median +4:34
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Block 03 22:15Running 3 11:20v median +5:18
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Block 04 23:32Running 4 11:29v median +5:23
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Block 05 25:25Running 5 18:27v median +12:14
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Block 06 18:30Running 6 14:41v median +8:30
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Block 07 23:07Running 7 14:50v median +8:42
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Block 08 27:03Running 8 19:12v median +9:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:32
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.