The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luca Firfilis finished 402nd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:40:04.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:53 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town gave the field time back: about 1:55 faster than the average race this season, by 214 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:58Running 1 3:29v median −0:33
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Block 02 8:05Running 2 5:05v median −0:28
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Block 03 12:46Running 3 6:17v median +0:15
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 6:22v median +0:22
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:31v median +1:18
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Block 06 10:47Running 6 6:54v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:45Running 7 5:35v median −0:26
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 6:27v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:23
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.