The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:10:34 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Dirk Herbst on the age-group podium: 2nd of 87 in the 16–24 age group.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 4:05 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:33 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:49, was faster than 97% 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 6:38Running 1 2:40v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:10v median −1:33
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Block 03 9:03Running 3 4:55v median −1:32
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Block 04 9:20Running 4 4:38v median −1:41
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Block 05 9:16Running 5 4:44v median −1:54
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 4:32v median −1:46
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Block 07 9:40Running 7 5:05v median −1:13
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Block 08 9:48Running 8 5:39v median −1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:49
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.