The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Rich Cave crossed the line in 1:37:23: 252nd of 536 men, faster than 53% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:09 ahead of the median.
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 8:30Running 1 4:09v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 5:59v median +0:16
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Block 03 11:38Running 3 6:22v median −0:05
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Block 04 13:22Running 4 6:24v median +0:05
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Block 05 11:44Running 5 6:34v median −0:04
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Block 06 8:28Running 6 6:26v median +0:08
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 6:27v median +0:09
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Block 08 16:22Running 8 7:44v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:19
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.