The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Damien Botes at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:04:08, 11th of 191 men in the Pro division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:31 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:31 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 3:20, was faster than 94% of the field.
The field ran 5:01 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Johannesburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:55Running 1 3:06v median −0:12
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Block 02 6:43Running 2 4:20v median −0:27
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:33v median −0:47
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Block 04 8:03Running 4 4:29v median −0:51
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Block 05 8:35Running 5 4:36v median −0:48
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Block 06 6:09Running 6 4:32v median −0:39
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Block 07 8:07Running 7 4:40v median −0:41
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Block 08 8:27Running 8 4:47v median −1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:20
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 173
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 173 men who finished.