The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jo Cooper finished 434th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:42:26.
A station race more than a running one: 76% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:26 on the median. A harder second half: 4:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:31Running 1 6:21v median +2:19
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 6:30v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 6:52v median +0:50
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 7:04v median +1:04
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 8:26v median +2:13
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Block 06 10:52Running 6 7:43v median +1:38
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Block 07 11:42Running 7 6:33v median +0:32
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Block 08 16:06Running 8 9:54v median +3:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.