The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Quintin De Jongh at Cape Town 2025: 1:14:15, 68th of 781 men in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 2:19 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:30 better against the middle of the field than before it.
The field ran 10:49 faster at Cape Town 2025 than at Johannesburg I 2025, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:13Running 1 2:44v median −1:12
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 3:59v median −1:31
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Block 03 9:30Running 3 4:23v median −1:42
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Block 04 9:24Running 4 4:14v median −1:48
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Block 05 9:46Running 5 4:36v median −1:41
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Block 06 6:06Running 6 4:10v median −1:50
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 4:19v median −1:38
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 4:39v median −2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 729
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 729 men who finished.