The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:11 at Cape Town 2026 put Mphokuhle Aaron Dube 405th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 47% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:31 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:28 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 8:27Running 1 3:38v median −0:24
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:33v median +0:00
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Block 03 11:21Running 3 6:02v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:47Running 4 6:13v median +0:13
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Block 05 11:52Running 5 6:19v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:25v median +0:20
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 6:39v median +0:38
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Block 08 18:59Running 8 6:50v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
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.