The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Witty Matsomela finished 473rd of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:10:05.
The runs carried this race: faster than 28% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 12:19 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:20 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:59Running 1 5:17v median +1:07
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 5:36v median −0:07
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Block 03 14:44Running 3 6:22v median −0:05
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Block 04 18:09Running 4 8:48v median +2:29
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Block 05 14:37Running 5 8:26v median +1:48
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 6:35v median +0:17
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Block 07 14:30Running 7 6:59v median +0:41
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Block 08 28:34Running 8 8:01v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:47
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.