The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Myles Usher at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:13:17, 18th of 181 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 98% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 69% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:05 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:41, was faster than 95% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 1 2026 and Johannesburg 2025 were 9:59 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:00Running 1 2:46v median −0:58
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Block 02 6:29Running 2 4:09v median −1:17
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:37v median −1:17
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Block 04 9:09Running 4 4:40v median −1:10
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Block 05 9:26Running 5 4:42v median −1:14
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:31v median −1:18
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Block 07 8:25Running 7 4:19v median −1:32
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Block 08 14:17Running 8 4:41v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:41
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 163
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 163 men who finished.