The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sindisiwe Katide finished 479th of 550 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:35:27.
Legs and stations told different stories: 31% of the field beaten on the runs, 8% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 8:39. A harder second half: 3:43 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 11:41Running 1 5:03v median +0:30
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Block 02 12:45Running 2 6:45v median +0:05
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Block 03 22:28Running 3 8:39v median +1:33
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Block 04 19:54Running 4 8:08v median +1:00
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Block 05 15:42Running 5 8:18v median +0:48
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Block 06 12:30Running 6 8:16v median +0:54
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Block 07 15:35Running 7 8:59v median +1:36
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Block 08 27:43Running 8 10:33v median +1:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:18
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.