The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Marriner & James Marriner finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:06:00 for 38th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:00 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:50 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 3:46, was faster than 96% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:52Running 1 4:59v median +0:44
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Block 02 5:48Running 2 4:30v median −1:22
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Block 03 8:07Running 3 4:47v median −1:30
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Block 04 7:42Running 4 4:58v median −1:18
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Block 05 9:29Running 5 5:10v median −1:23
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Block 06 6:16Running 6 4:54v median −1:27
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Block 07 7:32Running 7 4:47v median −1:35
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Block 08 8:35Running 8 4:46v median −1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:46
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 480
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 480 men's teams who finished.