The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Nel finished 548th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:57:56.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 5:58 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:15. The race faded late: the second half went 8:53 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 9:20Running 1 4:10v median +0:08
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Block 02 10:54Running 2 8:06v median +2:33
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Block 03 12:57Running 3 6:54v median +0:52
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Block 04 6:31Running 4 6:20v median +0:20
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:29v median +0:16
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Block 06 9:14Running 6 6:04v median −0:01
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Block 07 14:00Running 7 6:16v median +0:15
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Block 08 25:30Running 8 13:37v median +7:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 18:10
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.