The race, in three figures
The race, in words
SIMBONGILE STUURMAN finished 441st of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:02:49.
The stations carried this race: faster than 31% of the field across all eight, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:10 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:46 better against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 12:49 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Johannesburg I 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:06Running 1 5:34v median +1:24
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Block 02 12:32Running 2 7:26v median +1:43
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Block 03 14:37Running 3 7:39v median +1:12
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Block 04 17:13Running 4 8:33v median +2:14
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Block 05 16:24Running 5 10:03v median +3:25
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Block 06 10:40Running 6 7:38v median +1:20
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Block 07 12:32Running 7 7:41v median +1:23
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Block 08 18:41Running 8 11:01v median +3:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:10
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.