The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mitchel Porteous finished 462nd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:45:41.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:13 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 7:08 better 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 11:13Running 1 6:51v median +2:49
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Block 02 10:21Running 2 6:54v median +1:21
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Block 03 13:13Running 3 7:33v median +1:31
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Block 04 15:44Running 4 7:22v median +1:22
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Block 05 12:24Running 5 7:23v median +1:10
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Block 06 9:52Running 6 7:09v median +1:04
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Block 07 12:34Running 7 7:18v median +1:17
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Block 08 13:54Running 8 7:40v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
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.