The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Graham Matthews finished 282nd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:30:41, faster than 57% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 85% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:42 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:38Running 1 5:14v median +1:12
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Block 02 8:32Running 2 4:42v median −0:51
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:36v median −1:26
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 4:34v median −1:26
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Block 05 9:43Running 5 4:52v median −1:21
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 4:42v median −1:23
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Block 07 10:52Running 7 4:41v median −1:20
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Block 08 19:20Running 8 5:00v median −1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.