The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dee-Joseph Toerien finished 329th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:34:10.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 2:22 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:51 worse 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 8:39Running 1 4:12v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 5:44v median +0:11
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 6:09v median +0:07
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 6:08v median +0:08
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:29v median +0:16
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Block 06 10:57Running 6 8:40v median +2:35
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Block 07 10:08Running 7 6:30v median +0:29
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Block 08 16:16Running 8 7:19v median +0:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:22
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.