The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Gareth van Wyk at Cape Town 2024: 1:12:36, 20th of 247 men in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:53 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:51 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:32Running 1 3:32v median −1:26
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 4:00v median −0:58
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Block 03 9:13Running 3 4:43v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:56Running 4 4:15v median −1:14
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 4:52v median −0:53
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Block 06 6:13Running 6 4:12v median −1:15
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Block 07 8:15Running 7 3:55v median −1:31
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Block 08 10:46Running 8 4:30v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:40
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 233
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 233 men who finished.