The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:15 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Francois Schlebusch 292nd of 536 men in the Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:28 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 1 2026 and Cape Town 2025 were 3:40 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 9:58Running 1 5:09v median +0:59
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Block 02 10:03Running 2 7:17v median +1:34
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 7:20v median +0:53
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Block 04 13:25Running 4 7:30v median +1:11
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Block 05 12:38Running 5 7:18v median +0:40
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Block 06 9:22Running 6 7:11v median +0:53
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Block 07 13:16Running 7 7:13v median +0:55
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Block 08 13:47Running 8 8:01v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.