The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Driss Djerboua finished 485th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:48:34.
The stations carried this race: faster than 43% of the field across all eight, against 15% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:46 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:37 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 9:30Running 1 4:39v median +0:37
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 6:38v median +1:05
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Block 03 13:32Running 3 8:23v median +2:21
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Block 04 12:50Running 4 8:27v median +2:27
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Block 05 13:25Running 5 8:08v median +1:55
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Block 06 10:15Running 6 7:25v median +1:20
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Block 07 14:08Running 7 7:29v median +1:28
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Block 08 17:25Running 8 8:04v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:52
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.