The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:35:27 at Cape Town 2026 put Dean Africa 342nd of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 19% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:49 slower than the median. A harder second half: 8:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 2026 and Cape Town 2025 were 6:48 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 8:03Running 1 3:12v median −0:50
-
Block 02 8:29Running 2 4:27v median −1:06
-
Block 03 9:39Running 3 4:50v median −1:12
-
Block 04 12:41Running 4 4:46v median −1:14
-
Block 05 9:37Running 5 4:52v median −1:21
-
Block 06 8:53Running 6 6:33v median +0:28
-
Block 07 12:11Running 7 4:45v median −1:16
-
Block 08 21:09Running 8 6:42v median +0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:53
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.