The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Connor Nienaber finished 389th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:38:55.
The stations carried this race: faster than 59% of the field across all eight, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:18 on the median. The farmers carry cost the most time: 0:55 slower than the median.
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 10:15Running 1 4:55v median +0:53
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 6:42v median +1:09
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 7:04v median +1:02
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Block 04 11:45Running 4 6:54v median +0:54
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 7:26v median +1:13
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Block 06 10:05Running 6 6:48v median +0:43
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Block 07 12:17Running 7 7:08v median +1:07
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 7:40v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:26
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.