The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:59 at Cape Town 2026 put Etienne Smuts 172nd of 178 men in the Pro division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:58 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:40 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:22Running 1 3:51v median +0:36
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Block 02 11:51Running 2 5:48v median +1:10
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Block 03 17:17Running 3 6:38v median +1:38
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Block 04 14:11Running 4 6:45v median +1:43
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 7:06v median +1:56
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Block 06 10:32Running 6 6:42v median +1:40
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Block 07 20:23Running 7 7:24v median +2:16
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Block 08 22:41Running 8 12:03v median +6:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:40
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.