The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tirimunashe Shumba finished 436th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:42:36.
The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:30 quicker than the median and 256th of 652. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:40 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 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 10:07Running 1 5:35v median +1:33
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Block 02 8:26Running 2 5:42v median +0:09
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Block 03 11:44Running 3 6:51v median +0:49
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Block 04 12:42Running 4 6:28v median +0:28
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Block 05 12:46Running 5 7:08v median +0:55
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 6:53v median +0:48
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 6:39v median +0:38
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Block 08 19:06Running 8 7:48v median +1:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.