The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jeffrey Froom took 2nd of 49 in the 45–49 age group at Cape Town 2026, in 1:15:33.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 73% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:36 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:54 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:09Running 1 3:43v median −0:19
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Block 02 7:27Running 2 5:16v median −0:17
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 5:20v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:10Running 4 5:24v median −0:36
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:35v median −0:38
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:30v median −0:35
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Block 07 9:44Running 7 5:30v median −0:31
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Block 08 10:33Running 8 5:31v median −0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:36
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.