Cape Town Marathon 2026
Cape Town · May 24, 2026 · 18,523 finishers
- Where the field cracked
- 30 km
- Negative splits
- 5.4%
- Median finish
- 4:33:09
- Finishers
- 18,523
Largest drop in pace between two mats.
Share of the field that ran the second half faster.
Fade, by finish time
Fade tracks ability, so a single field-wide median would compare you against people running a different race. Each band below is the median for runners who finished near your time.
| Band | Median fade |
|---|---|
| <3:00 | 4.0% |
| 3:00-3:30 | 5.5% |
| 3:30-4:00 | 7.6% |
| 4:00-4:30 | 11.9% |
| 4:30-5:00 | 14.8% |
| >5:00 | 17.7% |
Race conditions
- Temp.
- 14.1°C – 20.6°C
- Humidity at peak
- 64%
- Wind
- 4 km/h – 12 km/h
Temperature ran from 14.1°C to 20.6°C. At its hottest, the air was at 64% humidity.
Hour by hour
| Hour | Temp. | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | 14.1°C | 97% | 4 km/h |
| 08:00 | 14.5°C | 98% | 4 km/h |
| 09:00 | 15.1°C | 97% | 4 km/h |
| 10:00 | 16.1°C | 89% | 7 km/h |
| 11:00 | 18.2°C | 72% | 6 km/h |
| 12:00 | 19.1°C | 70% | 4 km/h |
| 13:00 | 19.9°C | 67% | 5 km/h |
| 14:00 | 20.6°C | 64% | 7 km/h |
| 15:00 | 20.3°C | 65% | 9 km/h |
| 16:00 | 19.5°C | 68% | 11 km/h |
| 17:00 | 18.1°C | 75% | 12 km/h |
Hourly data from open-meteo. Peak wind 12 km/h. Times in the race's own zone.