The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Angelo Swartz finished 600th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:10:20.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 5:16 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:57 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:50 in the roxzone was slower than 92% of the field.
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 10:41Running 1 5:22v median +1:20
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Block 02 10:04Running 2 7:40v median +2:07
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Block 03 13:59Running 3 7:58v median +1:56
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Block 04 19:35Running 4 8:10v median +2:10
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 8:54v median +2:41
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Block 06 10:26Running 6 8:09v median +2:04
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Block 07 17:02Running 7 7:12v median +1:11
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Block 08 22:41Running 8 10:08v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:50
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.