The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:40 at Cape Town 2026 put Callum Nienaber 412th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 68% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 16% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 5:15 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cape Town gained about 1:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:57Running 1 3:44v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 5:11v median −0:22
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 5:26v median −0:36
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Block 04 10:51Running 4 5:22v median −0:38
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 5:28v median −0:45
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Block 06 9:00Running 6 5:34v median −0:31
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Block 07 15:35Running 7 5:34v median −0:27
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Block 08 19:23Running 8 6:30v median +0:02
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.