The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wynand Louw finished 401st of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:40:00.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 3:20. The race faded late: the second half went 4:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:46Running 1 3:35v median −0:27
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Block 02 8:23Running 2 5:45v median +0:12
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Block 03 11:25Running 3 6:34v median +0:32
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Block 04 14:27Running 4 6:37v median +0:37
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 6:59v median +0:46
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Block 06 8:40Running 6 6:40v median +0:35
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Block 07 16:17Running 7 6:59v median +0:58
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Block 08 15:00Running 8 7:15v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.