The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lesyl Potgieter took 3rd of 17 in the 50–54 age group at Cape Town 2026, in 1:29:37.
The runs carried this race: faster than 88% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 53% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were the standout, 1:43 quicker than the median and 100th of 427. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:09 behind the median.
The field ran 7:37 faster at Cape Town 2026 than at Cape Town 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:14v median +0:41
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 5:00v median −1:18
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Block 03 11:45Running 3 5:06v median −1:37
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Block 04 10:46Running 4 5:04v median −1:39
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Block 05 10:53Running 5 5:07v median −1:43
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:02v median −1:42
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 5:06v median −1:40
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Block 08 15:12Running 8 5:35v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 417
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 417 women who finished.