The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:19:56 at Cape Town 2026 put Catharina Kotze & Nicolaas Hugo 169th of 645 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 74% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 78% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:44 on the median. A harder second half: 1:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:47Running 1 3:30v median −1:08
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:20v median −0:57
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Block 03 9:46Running 3 5:51v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:33Running 4 5:56v median −0:40
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Block 05 11:00Running 5 6:02v median −0:45
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 5:52v median −0:46
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 6:01v median −0:37
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 6:13v median −0:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:28
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 625
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 625 mixed teams who finished.