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South Africa / Cape Town 1 2026 / Individual Open · Women / Season 8 (2025/26)

Melissa Van Der Merwe

RSA W 35-39 n = 364
Finish · net time
1:39:41
−8:26 v median 1:48:07
Women
131/364
35-39
17/60
Field beaten
64%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
46%
Runs
87%
Stations
Biggest gain
50m Sled Pull
−2:17
v median
11/364
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m SkiErg
+0:02
v median
195/364
Rank

The race, in words

Melissa Van Der Merwe finished 131st of 364 women in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:39:41, faster than 64% of the field.

The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 2:17 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.

The field ran 3:48 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Cape Town 2025, a quicker course than most.

Eight blocks

Bar = field beaten · tick = median

  1. Block 01 10:38
    Running 1 5:13
    v median +0:35
    1000m SkiErg 5:25
    v median +0:02
  2. Block 02 9:31
    Running 2 7:05
    v median +0:32
    50m Sled Push 2:26
    v median −0:46
  3. Block 03 11:45
    Running 3 7:27
    v median +0:33
    50m Sled Pull 4:18
    v median −2:17
  4. Block 04 13:06
    Running 4 7:19
    v median +0:23
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 5:47
    v median −2:13
  5. Block 05 12:27
    Running 5 7:14
    v median +0:05
    1000m Row 5:13
    v median −0:38
  6. Block 06 8:49
    Running 6 6:52
    v median −0:07
    200m Farmers Carry 1:57
    v median −0:31
  7. Block 07 11:44
    Running 7 6:59
    v median +0:01
    100m Sandbag Lunges 4:45
    v median −1:02
  8. Block 08 14:39
    Running 8 7:54
    v median +0:06
    Wall Balls 6:45
    v median −1:10

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 7:08

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
1:03
0:15 0:48
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:46
0:05 0:41
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
1:22
0:06 1:16
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
1:03
0:15 0:48
B5 · 1000m Row
0:55
0:14 0:41
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
0:59
0:46 0:13
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
1:01
0:35 0:26
B8 · Wall Balls
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No mats

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.

10:00 10:00 20:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 7:52
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 7:52 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Individual Open · Women at Cape Town 1 2026

See this race on page 5
Other races by Melissa Van Der Merwe
Source Unofficial
Event
Cape Town 1 2026
Division
HYROX
Contest
H_LR3MS4JI1491
Measured against
Women · n = 364