The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 2025, Kinan Cara crossed the line in 1:32:20: 329th of 781 men, faster than 58% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 65% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 45% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:03. The race faded late: the second half went 4:35 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
The field ran 2:13 faster at Cape Town 2025 than at Cape Town 2024, a quicker course than most.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:23Running 1 3:09v median −0:47
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Block 02 8:16Running 2 4:47v median −0:43
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Block 03 12:02Running 3 5:32v median −0:33
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 5:15v median −0:47
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:21v median −0:56
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Block 06 6:55Running 6 5:04v median −0:56
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Block 07 12:14Running 7 7:02v median +1:05
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Block 08 17:38Running 8 7:40v median +0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.