The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christiaan Crause finished 640th of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:39:03.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 14:16 slower than the median. A harder second half: 24:52 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 10:28, behind 87% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Cape Town gained about 1:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:48Running 1 5:00v median +0:58
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Block 02 12:32Running 2 8:00v median +2:27
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Block 03 15:06Running 3 8:35v median +2:33
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Block 04 20:56Running 4 8:58v median +2:58
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Block 05 16:04Running 5 10:03v median +3:50
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Block 06 12:39Running 6 9:27v median +3:22
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Block 07 29:34Running 7 9:20v median +3:19
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Block 08 32:02Running 8 11:46v median +5:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:28
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.