The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nhlanhla Stuurman finished 112th of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:24:37, faster than 79% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:12 on the median. A harder second half: 1:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:08v median −1:02
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Block 02 8:25Running 2 4:28v median −1:15
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Block 03 9:39Running 3 5:03v median −1:24
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Block 04 10:21Running 4 4:57v median −1:22
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:54v median −1:44
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 5:37v median −0:41
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 5:40v median −0:38
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 5:34v median −1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
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.