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Carl Van Der Merwe

RSA M 16-24 n = 652
Finish · net time
1:39:18
+5:11 v median 1:34:07
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:44 · 214 athletes
Men
392/652
16-24
54/89
Field beaten
40%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
51%
Runs
35%
Stations
Biggest gain
100m Sandbag Lunges
−0:12
v median
297/652
Rank
Biggest loss
50m Sled Push
+1:36
v median
620/652
Rank

The race, in words

Carl Van Der Merwe finished 392nd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:39:18.

The sled push cost the most time: 1:36 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

  1. Block 01 8:31
    Running 1 3:55
    v median −0:07
    v median +0:04
  2. Block 02 9:42
    Running 2 5:12
    v median −0:21
    v median +1:36
  3. Block 03 11:50
    Running 3 6:11
    v median +0:09
    v median +0:47
  4. Block 04 13:09
    Running 4 5:36
    v median −0:24
    v median +1:24
  5. Block 05 11:20
    Running 5 6:16
    v median +0:03
    1000m Row 5:04
    v median +0:07
  6. Block 06 9:14
    Running 6 6:15
    v median +0:10
    v median +0:37
  7. Block 07 12:13
    Running 7 6:27
    v median +0:26
    v median −0:12
  8. Block 08 14:46
    Running 8 6:39
    v median +0:11
    Wall Balls 8:07
    v median +0:29

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 8:40

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:53
0:24 0:29
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:47
0:15 1:32
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:12
0:16 0:56
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:59
0:11 0:48
B5 · 1000m Row
0:45
0:17 0:28
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:36
0:47 0:49
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:24
0:51 0:33
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 5:09
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 5:09 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