The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:57:12 at Cape Town 2026 put Gerswin Petersen 542nd of 652 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 5:47 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:55 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:25 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:01Running 1 6:17v median +2:15
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 6:11v median +0:38
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 6:47v median +0:45
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Block 04 7:03Running 4 6:41v median +0:41
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Block 05 12:42Running 5 7:06v median +0:53
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Block 06 10:13Running 6 6:56v median +0:51
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Block 07 17:33Running 7 6:40v median +0:39
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Block 08 18:01Running 8 9:25v median +2:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 17:54
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.