The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:39 at Cape Town 2026 put Pedro Van Gaalen 411th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 78% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 20% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:01. The race faded late: the second half went 14:46 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town ran fast: the 214 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:48Running 1 4:36v median +0:34
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:20v median −1:13
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 4:48v median −1:14
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Block 04 12:16Running 4 4:41v median −1:19
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Block 05 10:21Running 5 5:19v median −0:54
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 5:13v median −0:52
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Block 07 13:43Running 7 5:13v median −0:48
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Block 08 19:48Running 8 6:09v median −0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:20
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.