The race, in three figures
The race, in words
James Blatherwick & Jacques Van Zyl finished 319th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:28:58.
The stations carried this race: faster than 55% of the field across all eight, against 34% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 2:48 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:27Running 1 5:15v median +1:00
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Block 02 8:17Running 2 6:52v median +1:00
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Block 03 10:08Running 3 6:49v median +0:32
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Block 04 11:19Running 4 7:21v median +1:05
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Block 05 11:55Running 5 7:18v median +0:45
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Block 06 8:36Running 6 7:06v median +0:45
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Block 07 10:28Running 7 7:12v median +0:50
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Block 08 11:38Running 8 6:52v median +0:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.