The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:37 at Cape Town 2026 put Stephan Bothma 371st of 652 men in the Open division.
The wall balls were the standout, 0:32 quicker than the median and 270th of 652. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:27 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:36 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 8:06Running 1 3:44v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 5:46v median +0:13
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 6:38v median +0:36
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Block 04 13:56Running 4 6:22v median +0:22
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Block 05 11:30Running 5 6:33v median +0:20
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 6:18v median +0:13
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 6:12v median +0:11
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Block 08 14:33Running 8 7:27v median +0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
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.