The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Afolabi Matanmi finished 174th of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:29:53, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 47% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:02 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:58 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:14Running 1 4:54v median +0:44
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 4:47v median −0:56
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Block 03 11:23Running 3 4:59v median −1:28
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Block 04 12:58Running 4 5:09v median −1:10
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Block 05 11:19Running 5 5:04v median −1:34
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Block 06 7:09Running 6 5:09v median −1:09
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Block 07 12:27Running 7 5:06v median −1:12
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Block 08 11:35Running 8 5:23v median −1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:50
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.