The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Emma Cole at Johannesburg 2025: 1:27:48, 42nd of 550 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:16 on the median. Quick through the roxzone: 6:44, ahead of 94% of the field.
Johannesburg ran slow: the 205 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:37 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:24v median −1:09
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 4:40v median −2:00
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 4:50v median −2:16
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Block 04 11:20Running 4 4:45v median −2:23
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 4:46v median −2:44
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 4:42v median −2:40
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Block 07 8:46Running 7 4:43v median −2:40
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Block 08 14:38Running 8 5:21v median −3:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 544
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 544 women who finished.