The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:15 at Cape Town 2026 put Andrew Helm & Nikita Gouveia 552nd of 645 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 35% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 0:43. A harder second half: 2:59 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 8:58Running 1 4:18v median −0:20
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Block 02 11:19Running 2 9:09v median +2:52
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Block 03 14:12Running 3 9:29v median +2:55
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Block 04 13:01Running 4 9:17v median +2:41
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Block 05 14:58Running 5 9:44v median +2:57
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Block 06 11:26Running 6 9:27v median +2:49
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Block 07 14:45Running 7 9:45v median +3:07
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 9:14v median +2:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.