The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jamie Smuts took 3rd of 89 in the 16–24 age group at Cape Town 2026, in 1:06:44.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:48 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:50, was faster than 95% of the field.
The field ran 6:48 faster at Cape Town 2026 than at Cape Town 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:39v median −0:23
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:43v median −0:50
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Block 03 8:01Running 3 4:32v median −1:30
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Block 04 8:23Running 4 4:30v median −1:30
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Block 05 9:08Running 5 4:34v median −1:39
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Block 06 5:38Running 6 4:19v median −1:46
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Block 07 7:38Running 7 4:22v median −1:39
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 4:31v median −1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:50
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.