The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Matthew Parsons finished 523rd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:54:35.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:39. The race faded late: the second half went 6:20 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 9:18Running 1 4:13v median +0:11
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Block 02 8:55Running 2 5:58v median +0:25
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Block 03 14:08Running 3 6:55v median +0:53
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Block 04 15:13Running 4 6:40v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:44Running 5 7:10v median +0:57
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Block 06 9:40Running 6 7:07v median +1:02
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Block 07 15:57Running 7 7:21v median +1:20
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Block 08 20:16Running 8 7:59v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.