The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lungiswa Xesi finished 424th of 550 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:20:24.
A station race more than a running one: 42% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:08 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:16 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 5:13 slower at Johannesburg 2025 than at Cape Town 2025, which makes this time better than it looks.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:51Running 1 5:31v median +0:58
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Block 02 11:30Running 2 8:27v median +1:47
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Block 03 17:02Running 3 9:35v median +2:29
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Block 04 20:56Running 4 9:57v median +2:49
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Block 05 15:45Running 5 10:06v median +2:36
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Block 06 13:28Running 6 10:12v median +2:50
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Block 07 17:46Running 7 10:39v median +3:16
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Block 08 19:57Running 8 12:11v median +3:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:16
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.