The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:22:57 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Sylvia Viljoen 28th of 181 women in the Open division, ahead of 85% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:35 on the median. A harder second half: 1:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:26, was faster than 89% of the field.
The field ran 7:21 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Johannesburg I 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:33v median −0:52
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Block 02 8:15Running 2 5:12v median −1:15
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:27v median −1:17
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Block 04 9:59Running 4 5:24v median −1:21
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Block 05 10:41Running 5 5:23v median −1:24
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Block 06 7:35Running 6 5:18v median −1:23
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Block 07 10:13Running 7 5:15v median −1:33
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Block 08 12:39Running 8 5:41v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 174
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 174 women who finished.