The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zandré Fernhout finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:06:17 for 15th of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:40 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:42, ahead of 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cape Town gained about 1:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:42v median +0:40
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Block 02 5:56Running 2 4:21v median −1:12
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Block 03 7:59Running 3 4:41v median −1:21
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Block 04 6:59Running 4 4:30v median −1:30
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Block 05 9:10Running 5 4:42v median −1:31
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Block 06 7:01Running 6 4:38v median −1:27
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Block 07 8:13Running 7 4:28v median −1:33
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Block 08 8:37Running 8 4:29v median −1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:42
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.