The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Eckhard Smith finished 409th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:40:38.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:59 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:21 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better 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 10:19Running 1 5:44v median +1:42
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 5:31v median −0:02
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Block 03 11:33Running 3 6:24v median +0:22
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 5:55v median −0:05
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Block 05 11:34Running 5 6:29v median +0:16
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 6:43v median +0:38
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Block 07 11:37Running 7 6:38v median +0:37
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Block 08 15:28Running 8 7:13v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:04
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.