The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:14:53 at Cape Town 2026 put Carlu Pienaar 610th of 652 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 7:49 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 9:34 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:14 in the roxzone was slower than 85% of the field.
Cape Town ran fast: the 214 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 1:55 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:24v median +0:22
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Block 02 11:37Running 2 6:56v median +1:23
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Block 03 16:56Running 3 6:56v median +0:54
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Block 04 15:45Running 4 6:12v median +0:12
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Block 05 13:42Running 5 7:42v median +1:29
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Block 06 14:46Running 6 6:58v median +0:53
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Block 07 17:54Running 7 7:22v median +1:21
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Block 08 24:35Running 8 9:08v median +2:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:14
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.