The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leo Scheepers finished 347th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:35:53.
The runs carried this race: faster than 67% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 25% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:37. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town ran fast: the 214 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:46Running 1 3:04v median −0:58
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 4:15v median −1:18
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Block 03 11:11Running 3 5:27v median −0:35
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Block 04 17:18Running 4 8:32v median +2:32
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Block 05 10:35Running 5 5:36v median −0:37
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:09v median −0:56
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 5:07v median −0:54
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Block 08 16:07Running 8 5:55v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:52
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.