The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bongeka Monakali finished 278th of 382 women in the Open division at Johannesburg I 2025, in 2:05:55.
Legs and stations told different stories: 38% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:02. A harder second half: 7:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Johannesburg I cost the whole field time: about 6:38 more than the average race this season, going by 140 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:38Running 1 4:38v median +0:18
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Block 02 10:33Running 2 6:49v median +0:16
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Block 03 15:03Running 3 7:06v median +0:12
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Block 04 16:53Running 4 7:20v median +0:19
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 7:33v median +0:17
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 8:02v median +0:54
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Block 07 15:45Running 7 7:59v median +0:56
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Block 08 24:54Running 8 9:45v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:33
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 330
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 330 women who finished.