The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:03 at Cape Town 2026 put Kyle Potgieter 439th of 652 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 45% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 22% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:51 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:43Running 1 3:14v median −0:48
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Block 02 8:34Running 2 5:20v median −0:13
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 7:04v median +1:02
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Block 04 14:44Running 4 6:27v median +0:27
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Block 05 11:29Running 5 6:20v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:12v median +0:07
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Block 07 15:06Running 7 6:17v median +0:16
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Block 08 17:27Running 8 7:10v median +0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:07
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.