The race, in three figures
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
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:50v median −0:12
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:24v median −0:09
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:02v median +0:00
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Block 04 11:50Running 4 5:50v median −0:10
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:57v median −0:16
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Block 06 7:52Running 6 5:39v median −0:26
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Block 07 10:22Running 7 5:28v median −0:33
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Block 08 13:49Running 8 5:44v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
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.