The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Sjon Voogt finished 530th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:55:24.
The runs carried this race: faster than 33% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 13% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 9:32. A harder second half: 13:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town ran fast: the 214 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:58v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:37Running 2 5:49v median +0:16
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Block 03 12:42Running 3 7:21v median +1:19
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Block 04 13:53Running 4 6:23v median +0:23
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:38v median +0:25
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Block 06 8:48Running 6 6:36v median +0:31
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Block 07 22:10Running 7 6:40v median +0:39
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Block 08 19:24Running 8 7:59v median +1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:00
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.