The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:22 at Cape Town 2026 put Christine Bester & Xander Van Zyl 555th of 645 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 37% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:39 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:12 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 8:51Running 1 4:14v median −0:24
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 8:56v median +2:39
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Block 03 13:50Running 3 9:11v median +2:37
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Block 04 13:14Running 4 9:10v median +2:34
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Block 05 15:33Running 5 10:28v median +3:41
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Block 06 11:28Running 6 9:37v median +2:59
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Block 07 14:27Running 7 9:48v median +3:10
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Block 08 15:20Running 8 9:41v median +2:56
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:03
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.