The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:29:05 at Johannesburg 2025 put Fundiswa Xaba 454th of 550 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg cost the whole field time: about 8:37 more than the average race this season, going by 205 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:35Running 1 5:25v median +0:52
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Block 02 13:48Running 2 8:00v median +1:20
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Block 03 17:43Running 3 8:19v median +1:13
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Block 04 21:17Running 4 8:38v median +1:30
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Block 05 16:46Running 5 9:48v median +2:18
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Block 06 12:52Running 6 9:36v median +2:14
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Block 07 16:18Running 7 10:24v median +3:01
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Block 08 25:33Running 8 11:55v median +3:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:23
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.