The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:36:05 at Johannesburg 2025 put Gugu Dube 484th of 550 women in the Open division.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 8:00. A harder second half: 11:17 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 19:29, behind 98% of the field.
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 13:48Running 1 7:29v median +2:56
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Block 02 10:42Running 2 7:48v median +1:08
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 8:27v median +1:21
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Block 04 25:44Running 4 8:53v median +1:45
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Block 05 17:24Running 5 10:19v median +2:49
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Block 06 13:11Running 6 10:22v median +3:00
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Block 07 15:25Running 7 10:01v median +2:38
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Block 08 25:57Running 8 15:01v median +6:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:29
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.