The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Clinton Swanepoel finished 299th of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:42:44.
Nowhere gained more than the farmers carry: 0:54 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 3:40 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Cape Town 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:54Running 1 3:36v median −0:34
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 5:14v median −0:29
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Block 03 11:50Running 3 5:37v median −0:50
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Block 04 14:17Running 4 6:28v median +0:09
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Block 05 13:23Running 5 8:16v median +1:38
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Block 06 8:33Running 6 7:09v median +0:51
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Block 07 14:59Running 7 7:28v median +1:10
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 8:01v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.