The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Tambwe Kapita finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:12:49 for 50th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. A harder second half: 3:34 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:36, was faster than 98% 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 6:50Running 1 2:43v median −1:19
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Block 02 6:12Running 2 4:02v median −1:31
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Block 03 8:48Running 3 4:29v median −1:33
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Block 04 8:38Running 4 4:32v median −1:28
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Block 05 9:31Running 5 4:54v median −1:19
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Block 06 6:41Running 6 4:28v median −1:37
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Block 07 9:13Running 7 4:29v median −1:32
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Block 08 13:27Running 8 4:44v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:36
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.