The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mpume Mchunu finished 487th of 550 women in the Open division at Johannesburg 2025, in 2:37:01.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 9:09 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 10:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 19:57 in the roxzone was slower than 99% 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 13:17Running 1 7:30v median +2:57
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Block 02 12:47Running 2 8:48v median +2:08
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Block 03 16:56Running 3 10:02v median +2:56
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Block 04 19:33Running 4 9:29v median +2:21
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Block 05 15:39Running 5 9:34v median +2:04
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Block 06 11:46Running 6 9:45v median +2:23
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Block 07 14:55Running 7 9:09v median +1:46
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Block 08 32:19Running 8 14:39v median +5:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 19:57
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.