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South Africa / Cape Town 2026 / Individual Open · Men / Season 9 (2026/27)

Gerhardus Louwrence Van Niekerk

RSA M 30-34 n = 652
Finish · net time
1:43:35
+9:28 v median 1:34:07
Course −1:55 v season average ±0:44 · 214 athletes
Men
444/652
30-34
82/119
Field beaten
32%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
55%
Runs
22%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Pull
−0:48
v median
141/652
Rank
Biggest loss
Wall Balls
+7:42
v median
607/652
Rank

The race, in words

Gerhardus Louwrence Van Niekerk finished 444th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:43:35.

Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 22% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:42. The race faded late: the second half went 9:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first.

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

  1. Block 01 8:23
    Running 1 3:50
    v median −0:12
    1000m SkiErg 4:33
    v median +0:01
  2. Block 02 7:45
    Running 2 5:25
    v median −0:08
    50m Sled Push 2:20
    v median −0:34
  3. Block 03 10:06
    Running 3 6:02
    v median +0:00
    50m Sled Pull 4:04
    v median −0:48
  4. Block 04 13:57
    Running 4 5:55
    v median −0:05
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 8:02
    v median +1:53
  5. Block 05 11:32
    Running 5 6:05
    v median −0:08
    1000m Row 5:27
    v median +0:30
  6. Block 06 8:15
    Running 6 5:57
    v median −0:08
    200m Farmers Carry 2:18
    v median −0:04
  7. Block 07 12:19
    Running 7 5:47
    v median −0:14
    100m Sandbag Lunges 6:32
    v median +0:34
  8. Block 08 22:05
    Running 8 6:45
    v median +0:17
    Wall Balls 15:20
    v median +7:42

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 9:22

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:56
0:24 0:32
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:09
0:16 0:53
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:19
0:13 1:06
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:40
0:14 1:26
B5 · 1000m Row
1:11
0:10 1:01
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:20
1:02 0:18
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:45
0:49 0:56
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 9:26
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 9:26 behind

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Men at Cape Town 2026

See this race on page 9
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI17A7
Measured against
Men · n = 652