The race, in three figures
Field beaten
10%
Runs
30%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
−0:15
v median
59/181
Rank
Biggest loss
80m Burpee Broad Jump
+3:01
v median
162/181
Rank
The race, in words
1:52:39 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Mark Russell 150th of 181 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 30% of the field across all eight, against 10% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 3:01 slower than the median.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:56v median +2:12
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Block 02 11:12Running 2 7:53v median +2:27
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Block 03 12:24Running 3 7:21v median +1:27
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Block 04 16:21Running 4 7:13v median +1:23
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Block 05 12:35Running 5 7:36v median +1:40
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Block 06 9:11Running 6 7:10v median +1:21
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 7:00v median +1:09
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Block 08 20:39Running 8 10:51v median +4:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:53
0:10
0:43
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:11
0:05
1:06
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:07
0:08
0:59
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:43
0:11
0:32
B5 · 1000m Row
1:10
0:26
0:44
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:09
0:56
0:13
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:05
0:38
0:27
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 23:11 behind
Elsewhere
Other races by Mark Russell
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 1 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI148E
Measured against
Men · n = 181