The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:11 at Cape Town 2026 put Francois Trichardt 458th of 652 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 52% of the field across all eight, against 27% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 5:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:44 in the roxzone was slower than 94% of the field.
Cape Town ran fast: the 214 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:54v median +0:52
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Block 02 9:36Running 2 6:36v median +1:03
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Block 03 11:02Running 3 6:43v median +0:41
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Block 04 13:57Running 4 7:01v median +1:01
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Block 05 11:41Running 5 6:53v median +0:40
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 6:59v median +0:54
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Block 07 10:55Running 7 6:38v median +0:37
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Block 08 17:07Running 8 7:31v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:44
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.