The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Louis Hammond finished 651st of 652 men in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 3:01:47.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 23:12 behind the median. A harder second half: 32:58 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:20, behind 91% 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 10:41Running 1 5:07v median +1:05
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Block 02 13:08Running 2 8:31v median +2:58
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Block 03 17:05Running 3 9:50v median +3:48
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Block 04 25:06Running 4 10:09v median +4:09
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Block 05 16:41Running 5 11:10v median +4:57
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Block 06 14:54Running 6 10:52v median +4:47
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Block 07 30:06Running 7 10:50v median +4:49
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Block 08 42:54Running 8 12:04v median +5:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:20
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.