The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:49 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Willem Johannes Van den Berg on the age-group podium: 3rd of 66 in the 40–44 age group.
Legs and stations told different stories: 99% of the field beaten on the runs, 78% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:43 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:06 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 6:46Running 1 2:56v median −1:14
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Block 02 7:23Running 2 4:02v median −1:41
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:25v median −2:02
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Block 04 9:14Running 4 4:27v median −1:52
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Block 05 9:18Running 5 4:30v median −2:08
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Block 06 5:46Running 6 4:21v median −1:57
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 4:23v median −1:55
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Block 08 12:22Running 8 4:52v median −2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:09
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.