The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aden Leibrandt finished 486th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:48:43.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 18% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:36 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:09 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
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 8:32Running 1 4:06v median +0:04
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:02v median +0:29
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 6:59v median +0:57
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Block 04 14:10Running 4 7:28v median +1:28
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:33v median +1:20
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Block 06 11:01Running 6 8:26v median +2:21
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Block 07 14:10Running 7 8:03v median +2:02
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Block 08 17:51Running 8 9:15v median +2:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:09
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.