The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nishen Naidoo finished 439th of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:01:57.
The stations carried this race: faster than 48% of the field across all eight, against 8% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:40 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:16 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 9:10Running 1 4:49v median +0:39
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Block 02 11:15Running 2 8:05v median +2:22
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Block 03 13:46Running 3 9:13v median +2:46
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Block 04 16:13Running 4 8:43v median +2:24
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Block 05 15:16Running 5 9:51v median +3:13
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Block 06 11:09Running 6 9:06v median +2:48
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Block 07 16:05Running 7 8:29v median +2:11
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Block 08 19:39Running 8 10:53v median +3:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:34
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.