The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Grendel Alvarado finished 219th of 364 women in the Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:53:54.
The stations carried this race: faster than 65% of the field across all eight, against 28% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:53 on the median. A harder second half: 6:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
The field ran 10:28 faster at Cape Town 1 2026 than at Johannesburg 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:21Running 1 4:32v median −0:06
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Block 02 10:44Running 2 6:36v median +0:03
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Block 03 14:26Running 3 6:53v median −0:01
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Block 04 12:18Running 4 7:11v median +0:15
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Block 05 14:19Running 5 8:09v median +1:00
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Block 06 14:01Running 6 11:58v median +4:59
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Block 07 14:37Running 7 9:50v median +2:52
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Block 08 14:18Running 8 7:50v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.