The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:58:41 at Cape Town 2026 put Karabo Phalagae Tlabakoe Ntjie 550th of 652 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 6% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 17:24. A harder second half: 17:58 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 9:44Running 1 4:14v median +0:12
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 5:58v median +0:25
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Block 03 13:10Running 3 6:43v median +0:41
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Block 04 11:53Running 4 6:45v median +0:45
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Block 05 13:19Running 5 7:06v median +0:53
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 6:45v median +0:40
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Block 07 12:08Running 7 5:07v median −0:54
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Block 08 32:11Running 8 7:09v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.