The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Luke Taylor & John Kirsten finished 318th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:28:53.
A station race more than a running one: 73% of the field beaten on the stations, against 23% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:01 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 8:31 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 4:41v median +0:26
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 9:02v median +3:10
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Block 03 11:59Running 3 9:13v median +2:56
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 9:52v median +3:36
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Block 05 10:59Running 5 6:41v median +0:08
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:32v median +0:11
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 6:31v median +0:09
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Block 08 11:54Running 8 6:18v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:54
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.