The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tarquin Stapa finished 356th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:36:36.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:31 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:25Running 1 4:10v median +0:08
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Block 02 11:28Running 2 9:05v median +3:32
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Block 03 7:54Running 3 2:13v median −3:49
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Block 04 12:10Running 4 4:30v median −1:30
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Block 05 12:11Running 5 7:18v median +1:05
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Block 06 9:10Running 6 7:04v median +0:59
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Block 07 14:17Running 7 9:38v median +3:37
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Block 08 13:36Running 8 6:54v median +0:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.