The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:01:32 at Cape Town 2026 put Damien Botes on the age-group podium: 3rd of 38 in the 30–34 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:27 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:57 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:06, was faster than 99% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 2026 and Johannesburg 2026 were 5:05 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:45Running 1 2:55v median −0:20
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Block 02 6:10Running 2 3:56v median −0:42
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Block 03 7:27Running 3 4:10v median −0:50
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Block 04 7:46Running 4 4:16v median −0:46
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Block 05 8:18Running 5 4:22v median −0:48
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Block 06 5:50Running 6 4:15v median −0:47
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Block 07 8:12Running 7 4:24v median −0:44
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Block 08 8:06Running 8 4:30v median −0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:06
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 173
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 173 men who finished.