The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keelan Vanmali finished 541st of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:56:55.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 7% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:27. A harder second half: 5:40 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 9:15Running 1 4:13v median +0:11
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 6:08v median +0:35
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Block 03 13:42Running 3 6:24v median +0:22
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Block 04 15:51Running 4 6:06v median +0:06
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Block 05 12:21Running 5 6:40v median +0:27
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Block 06 10:22Running 6 6:51v median +0:46
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Block 07 15:41Running 7 7:02v median +1:01
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Block 08 22:25Running 8 7:20v median +0:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:02
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.