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South Africa / Cape Town 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Francois Marais

RSA M 25-29 n = 652
Finish · net time
1:03:47
−30:20 v median 1:34:07
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:44 · 214 athletes
Men
9/652
25-29
3/113
Field beaten
99%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
99%
Runs
98%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−3:29
v median
17/652
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
−0:22
v median
198/652
Rank

The race, in words

1:03:47 at Cape Town 2026 put Francois Marais on the age-group podium: 3rd of 113 in the 25–29 age group.

Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:29 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:04 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:32, ahead of 98% of the field.

The field ran 6:39 faster at Cape Town 2026 than at Cape Town 1 2026, a quicker course than most.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 7:03
    Running 1 2:55
    v median −1:07
    1000m SkiErg 4:08
    v median −0:24
  2. Block 02 6:36
    Running 2 4:04
    v median −1:29
    50m Sled Push 2:32
    v median −0:22
  3. Block 03 7:48
    Running 3 4:12
    v median −1:50
    50m Sled Pull 3:36
    v median −1:16
  4. Block 04 7:51
    Running 4 4:14
    v median −1:46
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 3:37
    v median −2:32
  5. Block 05 8:29
    Running 5 4:10
    v median −2:03
    1000m Row 4:19
    v median −0:38
  6. Block 06 6:03
    Running 6 4:18
    v median −1:47
    200m Farmers Carry 1:45
    v median −0:37
  7. Block 07 8:03
    Running 7 4:16
    v median −1:45
    100m Sandbag Lunges 3:47
    v median −2:11
  8. Block 08 8:29
    Running 8 4:20
    v median −2:08
    Wall Balls 4:09
    v median −3:29

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 3:32

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:42
0:19 0:23
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:37
0:12 0:25
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:33
0:07 0:26
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:18
0:05 0:13
B5 · 1000m Row
0:14
0:06 0:08
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:34
0:24 0:10
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:33
0:26 0:07
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

Against the middle of your field

Men · n = 608

A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 608 men who finished.

20:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 30:22
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 30:22 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Cape Town 2026

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Other races by Francois Marais
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17A7
Measured against
Men · n = 652