The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Marco Valente finished 503rd of 536 men in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:18:39.
The stations carried this race: faster than 24% of the field across all eight, against 2% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 4:50. A harder second half: 4:50 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 12:43Running 1 8:16v median +4:06
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Block 02 11:32Running 2 8:23v median +2:40
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Block 03 14:03Running 3 8:29v median +2:02
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Block 04 20:15Running 4 8:55v median +2:36
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Block 05 16:19Running 5 10:16v median +3:38
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Block 06 12:07Running 6 9:33v median +3:15
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Block 07 17:54Running 7 9:40v median +3:22
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Block 08 24:09Running 8 15:24v median +8:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:47
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.