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South Africa / Cape Town 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Shane Van Der Merwe

RSA M 50-54 n = 652
Finish · net time
1:38:42
+4:35 v median 1:34:07
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:44 · 214 athletes
Men
386/652
50-54
16/34
Field beaten
41%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
26%
Runs
54%
Stations
Biggest gain
100m Sandbag Lunges
−1:01
v median
171/652
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+1:57
v median
469/652
Rank

The race, in words

Shane Van Der Merwe finished 386th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:38:42.

The stations carried this race: faster than 54% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:57 slower than the median. A harder second half: 3:55 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.

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

  1. Block 01 8:47
    Running 1 4:17
    v median +0:15
    1000m SkiErg 4:30
    v median −0:02
  2. Block 02 8:33
    Running 2 6:07
    v median +0:34
    50m Sled Push 2:26
    v median −0:28
  3. Block 03 11:18
    Running 3 6:43
    v median +0:41
    50m Sled Pull 4:35
    v median −0:17
  4. Block 04 12:37
    Running 4 6:58
    v median +0:58
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 5:39
    v median −0:30
  5. Block 05 12:15
    Running 5 7:08
    v median +0:55
    1000m Row 5:07
    v median +0:10
  6. Block 06 9:23
    Running 6 7:10
    v median +1:05
    200m Farmers Carry 2:13
    v median −0:09
  7. Block 07 11:56
    Running 7 6:59
    v median +0:58
    100m Sandbag Lunges 4:57
    v median −1:01
  8. Block 08 17:36
    Running 8 8:01
    v median +1:33
    Wall Balls 9:35
    v median +1:57

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 6:27

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:04
0:28 0:36
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:12
0:19 0:53
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:07
0:13 0:54
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:50
0:08 0:42
B5 · 1000m Row
0:30
0:17 0:13
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:54
0:44 0:10
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:50
0:38 0:12
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 4:33
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 0 Finish · 4:33 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Cape Town 2026

See this race on page 8
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17A7
Measured against
Men · n = 652