The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Dewet Du Toit finished 580th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:04:03.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 3:20 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:16 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 9:02Running 1 4:21v median +0:19
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Block 02 10:15Running 2 6:05v median +0:32
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Block 03 13:06Running 3 7:38v median +1:36
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Block 04 19:52Running 4 10:38v median +4:38
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 8:05v median +1:52
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 7:51v median +1:46
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Block 07 17:10Running 7 7:52v median +1:51
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Block 08 21:51Running 8 11:03v median +4:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.