The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rick Volker finished 201st of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:26:01, faster than 69% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 78% of the field across all eight, against 53% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:25 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:12 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 8:51Running 1 4:33v median +0:31
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 5:54v median +0:21
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Block 03 10:19Running 3 5:59v median −0:03
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Block 04 11:23Running 4 6:06v median +0:06
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:52v median −0:21
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:49v median −0:16
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Block 07 11:23Running 7 5:49v median −0:12
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 6:08v median −0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:44
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.