The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Gerhard Visser finished 633rd of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:27:41.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 5:45 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 26:48 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:27 in the roxzone was slower than 87% 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 8:54Running 1 4:34v median +0:32
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Block 02 10:24Running 2 6:50v median +1:17
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Block 03 13:41Running 3 7:38v median +1:36
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Block 04 19:19Running 4 8:09v median +2:09
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Block 05 19:19Running 5 13:26v median +7:13
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Block 06 11:54Running 6 8:51v median +2:46
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Block 07 20:08Running 7 8:25v median +2:24
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Block 08 33:43Running 8 23:14v median +16:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:27
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.