The race, in three figures
Field beaten
23%
Runs
9%
Stations
Biggest gain
200m Farmers Carry
−0:18
v median
134/536
Rank
Biggest loss
100m Sandbag Lunges
+6:09
v median
530/536
Rank
The race, in words
2:04:57 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Stephan Van Der Nest 456th of 536 men in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 6:09 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:02 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 4:47v median +0:37
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Block 02 12:05Running 2 7:13v median +1:30
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Block 03 15:32Running 3 8:07v median +1:40
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Block 04 18:49Running 4 7:48v median +1:29
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Block 05 13:04Running 5 7:31v median +0:53
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Block 06 9:02Running 6 7:02v median +0:44
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Block 07 19:07Running 7 7:02v median +0:44
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Block 08 19:08Running 8 8:27v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:39
B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:10
0:14
0:56
B2 · 50m Sled Push
1:23
0:05
1:18
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:28
0:09
1:19
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:05
0:17
0:48
B5 · 1000m Row
0:53
0:22
0:31
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:04
0:53
0:11
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:38
0:36
1:02
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats
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.
You ahead
Field ahead
Middle half · 25th–75th
Crossed the middle · 0
Finish · 25:32 behind
Elsewhere
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 1 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1490
Measured against
Men · n = 536