The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 2026, Michael Swartland crossed the line in 1:22:59: 168th of 652 men, faster than 74% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 81% of the field across all eight, against 61% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:53 ahead of the median.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 2026 and Cape Town 2025 were 6:48 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:38Running 1 3:33v median −0:29
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 5:03v median −0:30
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Block 03 10:22Running 3 5:35v median −0:27
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Block 04 10:11Running 4 5:50v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 6:04v median −0:09
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 6:02v median −0:03
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:57v median −0:04
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 6:20v median −0:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:22
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.