The race, in three figures
The race, in words
David Thompson finished 609th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:14:13.
A station race more than a running one: 41% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 5:42 ahead of the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:07 slower than the median.
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 9:25Running 1 4:46v median +0:44
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Block 02 10:03Running 2 6:41v median +1:08
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Block 03 15:36Running 3 9:42v median +3:40
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 8:26v median +2:26
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Block 05 14:04Running 5 8:42v median +2:29
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Block 06 13:06Running 6 8:57v median +2:52
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Block 07 16:15Running 7 8:36v median +2:35
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Block 08 20:34Running 8 9:49v median +3:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 26:26
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.