The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:01:11 at Cape Town 2026 put Edmund Simons 650th of 652 men in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 12:22 slower than the median. A harder second half: 9:44 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 16:34, behind 98% 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 9:45Running 1 4:25v median +0:23
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Block 02 17:37Running 2 10:22v median +4:49
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Block 03 24:07Running 3 12:52v median +6:50
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Block 04 24:50Running 4 15:55v median +9:55
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Block 05 18:11Running 5 12:30v median +6:17
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Block 06 15:36Running 6 11:56v median +5:51
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Block 07 30:10Running 7 11:50v median +5:49
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Block 08 24:29Running 8 12:03v median +5:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 16:34
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.