The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:09 at Cape Town 2026 put Taiba Balaka 403rd of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 54% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 24% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:55 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:55Running 1 3:48v median −0:14
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 4:53v median −0:40
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Block 03 11:13Running 3 5:50v median −0:12
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Block 04 12:29Running 4 5:56v median −0:04
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Block 05 11:11Running 5 6:15v median +0:02
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Block 06 10:30Running 6 6:10v median +0:05
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Block 07 13:09Running 7 6:18v median +0:17
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Block 08 18:21Running 8 6:48v median +0:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:37
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.