The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jesse Herbert finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:04:56 for 13th of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 2:41 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:45 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:59, ahead of 94% of the field.
Cape Town gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 214 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:44Running 1 2:46v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:44Running 2 4:01v median −1:32
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Block 03 7:45Running 3 4:27v median −1:35
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Block 04 8:02Running 4 4:11v median −1:49
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Block 05 8:29Running 5 4:17v median −1:56
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Block 06 6:01Running 6 4:12v median −1:53
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Block 07 7:32Running 7 4:15v median −1:46
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 4:22v median −2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:59
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.