The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emanuel Salakiaku finished 536th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:56:40.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:35 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 2:20 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:41 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:47Running 1 6:15v median +2:13
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 6:13v median +0:40
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 7:18v median +1:16
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Block 04 15:17Running 4 7:30v median +1:30
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Block 05 14:13Running 5 8:30v median +2:17
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Block 06 9:48Running 6 7:07v median +1:02
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 7:14v median +1:13
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Block 08 21:41Running 8 11:43v median +5:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.