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
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Block 01 8:31Running 1 3:55v median −0:07
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Block 02 9:42Running 2 5:12v median −0:21
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Block 03 11:50Running 3 6:11v median +0:09
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Block 04 13:09Running 4 5:36v median −0:24
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 6:16v median +0:03
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 6:15v median +0:10
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Block 07 12:13Running 7 6:27v median +0:26
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Block 08 14:46Running 8 6:39v median +0:11
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 1
Finish · 5:09 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17A7
Measured against
Men · n = 652