The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:21:20 at Cape Town 2026 put Nick Barenblatt 153rd of 652 men in the Open division, ahead of 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 59% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 1:49 slower than the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:33, was faster than 86% 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 7:38Running 1 3:16v median −0:46
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:46v median −0:47
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:01v median −1:01
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Block 04 11:10Running 4 4:59v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 5:13v median −1:00
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:06v median −0:59
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 5:20v median −0:41
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Block 08 11:26Running 8 5:14v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:33
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.