The race, in three figures
The race, in words
John Henry Van Der Westhuizen finished 432nd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:42:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 47% of the field across all eight, against 26% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:58.
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 9:48Running 1 5:07v median +1:05
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 6:53v median +1:20
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Block 03 11:35Running 3 7:05v median +1:03
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Block 04 12:58Running 4 6:57v median +0:57
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Block 05 11:32Running 5 6:45v median +0:32
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:25v median +0:20
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Block 07 12:41Running 7 5:45v median −0:16
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Block 08 16:58Running 8 8:27v median +1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:17
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.