The race, in three figures
The race, in words
3:27:01 at Cape Town 2026 put Adrian Carelse 652nd of 652 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 27:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 29:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 14:56 in the roxzone was slower than 96% 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 11:24Running 1 5:44v median +1:42
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Block 02 18:56Running 2 12:32v median +6:59
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Block 03 20:08Running 3 9:07v median +3:05
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Block 04 28:57Running 4 9:33v median +3:33
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Block 05 15:44Running 5 9:59v median +3:46
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Block 06 15:08Running 6 10:48v median +4:43
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Block 07 43:38Running 7 10:27v median +4:26
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Block 08 38:21Running 8 11:31v median +5:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:56
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.