The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicole Swanepoel won the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026 in 1:11:36, first of 364 women.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 3:37 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:01 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:30, was faster than 99% of the field.
Athletes who raced both Cape Town 1 2026 and Johannesburg 2025 were 10:28 faster here, so this time looks a little better than it was.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:34Running 1 2:56v median −1:42
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:18v median −2:15
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 4:32v median −2:22
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 4:21v median −2:35
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Block 05 9:04Running 5 4:28v median −2:41
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:29v median −2:30
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Block 07 9:02Running 7 4:34v median −2:24
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Block 08 9:10Running 8 4:52v median −2:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:30
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 338
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 338 women who finished.