The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Henry Van Niekerk crossed the line in 1:25:50: 72nd of 181 men, faster than 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 86% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 32% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:26. The race faded late: the second half went 3:52 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:26Running 1 3:03v median −0:41
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 4:22v median −1:04
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Block 03 9:58Running 3 4:51v median −1:03
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Block 04 12:51Running 4 4:51v median −0:59
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Block 05 10:05Running 5 5:10v median −0:46
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Block 06 6:58Running 6 5:01v median −0:48
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 4:50v median −1:01
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Block 08 14:58Running 8 5:29v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:10
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.