The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:31:05 at Johannesburg 2025 put Malesedi Tshabalala 460th of 550 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:55. A harder second half: 2:17 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 13:06Running 1 7:33v median +3:00
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Block 02 11:35Running 2 7:48v median +1:08
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Block 03 15:06Running 3 8:40v median +1:34
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Block 04 27:32Running 4 15:46v median +8:38
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Block 05 17:56Running 5 11:37v median +4:07
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Block 06 13:06Running 6 10:30v median +3:08
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Block 07 16:34Running 7 10:39v median +3:16
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Block 08 22:52Running 8 12:21v median +3:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 13:28
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.