The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wenzheng Chen finished 348th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:36:08.
Legs and stations told different stories: 79% of the field beaten on the runs, 20% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 6:21 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:57 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 7:51Running 1 3:25v median −0:37
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Block 02 9:31Running 2 4:55v median −0:38
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Block 03 11:10Running 3 5:08v median −0:54
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Block 04 11:34Running 4 5:12v median −0:48
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Block 05 9:45Running 5 5:14v median −0:59
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 5:19v median −0:46
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 5:26v median −0:35
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Block 08 19:26Running 8 5:27v median −1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:53
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.