The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:43 at Cape Town 2026 put Matthys Michiel Laubscher 519th of 652 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:20 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:43Running 1 5:41v median +1:39
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Block 02 8:57Running 2 5:46v median +0:13
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 6:46v median +0:44
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Block 04 16:12Running 4 6:43v median +0:43
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Block 05 12:01Running 5 6:48v median +0:35
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Block 06 10:49Running 6 6:59v median +0:54
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Block 07 16:52Running 7 8:45v median +2:44
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Block 08 15:38Running 8 7:37v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:49
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.