The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:40 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Sam Marx 256th of 536 men in the Open division, ahead of 52% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 5:45 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:57 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 9:37Running 1 5:00v median +0:50
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 4:58v median −0:45
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Block 03 10:42Running 3 5:16v median −1:11
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Block 04 12:54Running 4 5:16v median −1:03
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Block 05 10:16Running 5 5:24v median −1:14
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Block 06 8:03Running 6 5:34v median −0:44
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Block 07 11:34Running 7 5:29v median −0:49
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Block 08 20:01Running 8 6:02v median −1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.