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Matthew Macleod Smith

RSA M 16-24 n = 652
Finish · net time
1:26:22
−7:45 v median 1:34:07
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:44 · 214 athletes
Men
211/652
16-24
30/89
Field beaten
68%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
63%
Runs
63%
Stations
Biggest gain
100m Sandbag Lunges
−1:04
v median
164/652
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+0:27
v median
360/652
Rank

The race, in words

1:26:22 at Cape Town 2026 put Matthew Macleod Smith 211th of 652 men in the Open division, ahead of 68% of the field.

Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:11 better 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

  1. Block 01 8:00
    Running 1 3:50
    v median −0:12
    v median −0:22
  2. Block 02 7:58
    Running 2 5:24
    v median −0:09
    v median −0:20
  3. Block 03 10:42
    Running 3 6:02
    v median +0:00
    v median −0:12
  4. Block 04 11:50
    Running 4 5:50
    v median −0:10
    v median −0:09
  5. Block 05 10:29
    Running 5 5:57
    v median −0:16
    1000m Row 4:32
    v median −0:25
  6. Block 06 7:52
    Running 6 5:39
    v median −0:26
    v median −0:09
  7. Block 07 10:22
    Running 7 5:28
    v median −0:33
    v median −1:04
  8. Block 08 13:49
    Running 8 5:44
    v median −0:44
    Wall Balls 8:05
    v median +0:27

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 5:27

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:56
0:25 0:31
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:05
0:14 0:51
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:04
0:08 0:56
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:47
0:07 0:40
B5 · 1000m Row
0:20
0:08 0:12
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:41
0:30 0:11
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:37
0:24 0:13
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 7:47
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 7:47 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Cape Town 2026

See this race on page 5
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17A7
Measured against
Men · n = 652