The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Sipho Lunga at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:09:32, 12th of 536 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 3:17 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:23 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:36, ahead of 99% 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 7:49Running 1 3:30v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:04Running 2 4:28v median −1:15
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 4:36v median −1:51
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Block 04 7:35Running 4 4:22v median −1:57
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Block 05 9:07Running 5 4:21v median −2:17
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Block 06 6:20Running 6 4:23v median −1:55
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Block 07 8:11Running 7 4:31v median −1:47
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Block 08 11:15Running 8 4:50v median −2:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:36
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 495
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 495 men who finished.