The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 2026, Mauritz Jansen Van Nieuwenhuizen crossed the line in 1:25:09: 188th of 652 men, faster than 71% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:48 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:51 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:24 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cape Town gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 214 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:22v median +0:20
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Block 02 7:31Running 2 5:30v median −0:03
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Block 03 8:38Running 3 5:34v median −0:28
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 5:29v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:43Running 5 5:54v median −0:19
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Block 06 7:36Running 6 5:38v median −0:27
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:39v median −0:22
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 5:42v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
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.