The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dario Torrente finished 539th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:56:54.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 3:45 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:37 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 9:22Running 1 5:19v median +1:17
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Block 02 10:13Running 2 7:58v median +2:25
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Block 03 13:48Running 3 8:24v median +2:22
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 8:48v median +2:48
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Block 05 14:08Running 5 9:24v median +3:11
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Block 06 11:52Running 6 9:12v median +3:07
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Block 07 19:37Running 7 9:54v median +3:53
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Block 08 16:48Running 8 9:28v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:10
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.