The race, in three figures
Field beaten
87%
Runs
92%
Stations
Biggest gain
Wall Balls
−2:34
v median
61/536
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m SkiErg
−0:07
v median
210/536
Rank
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Willie Du Plessis at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:16:53, 49th of 536 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:34 on the median.
The field ran 3:40 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Cape Town 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:11Running 1 3:44v median −0:26
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Block 02 7:24Running 2 4:38v median −1:05
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 4:53v median −1:34
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Block 04 9:29Running 4 4:52v median −1:27
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Block 05 10:08Running 5 5:22v median −1:16
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Block 06 7:08Running 6 5:09v median −1:09
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Block 07 9:11Running 7 5:04v median −1:14
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Block 08 11:33Running 8 5:53v median −1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:47
0:11
0:36
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:33
0:05
0:28
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:40
0:07
0:33
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:40
0:13
0:27
B5 · 1000m Row
0:51
0:20
0:31
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:58
0:47
0:11
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:47
0:34
0:13
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 22:32 ahead
Elsewhere
Other races by Willie Du Plessis
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 1 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1490
Measured against
Men · n = 536