The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:07:55 at Cape Town 2026 put Benjamin Edwards Pietersen 589th of 652 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 5:23 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:06 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 9:07Running 1 4:15v median +0:13
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 5:57v median +0:24
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Block 03 15:58Running 3 6:50v median +0:48
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Block 04 18:54Running 4 7:22v median +1:22
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Block 05 14:05Running 5 7:58v median +1:45
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Block 06 10:43Running 6 7:51v median +1:46
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Block 07 17:25Running 7 8:09v median +2:08
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Block 08 22:11Running 8 10:03v median +3:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.