The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pheladi Mafolo finished 630th of 633 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2026, in 3:49:06.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 12:36. A harder second half: 19:20 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 19:00, behind 97% 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 21:31Running 1 13:26v median +4:50
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Block 02 20:09Running 2 14:27v median +8:42
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Block 03 25:04Running 3 9:44v median +3:42
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Block 04 28:44Running 4 10:11v median +4:05
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Block 05 21:57Running 5 13:27v median +7:14
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Block 06 14:33Running 6 10:34v median +4:23
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Block 07 28:56Running 7 10:46v median +4:38
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Block 08 49:21Running 8 28:15v median +18:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:00
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.