The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:24:43 at Cape Town 2026 put Zach Jansen 185th of 652 men in the Open division, ahead of 72% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:43 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:32 worse 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 7:47Running 1 3:25v median −0:37
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 4:52v median −0:41
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Block 03 9:08Running 3 5:22v median −0:40
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 5:35v median −0:25
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Block 05 10:52Running 5 6:19v median +0:06
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 6:03v median −0:02
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 6:41v median +0:40
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Block 08 13:10Running 8 7:15v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:17
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.