The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Neo Mkhize finished 612th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:15:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:41 behind the median. A harder second half: 14:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:52, behind 89% 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 11:07Running 1 5:14v median +1:12
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 7:06v median +1:33
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Block 03 15:05Running 3 7:48v median +1:46
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Block 04 15:12Running 4 7:39v median +1:39
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Block 05 14:29Running 5 8:32v median +2:19
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Block 06 13:44Running 6 8:28v median +2:23
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Block 07 15:12Running 7 8:58v median +2:57
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Block 08 29:58Running 8 16:39v median +10:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:52
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.