The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nico Louw & Shaun Swartz finished 330th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:30:35.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 30% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:35 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:45 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:32Running 1 4:24v median +0:09
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Block 02 7:50Running 2 6:16v median +0:24
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Block 03 9:21Running 3 6:35v median +0:18
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Block 04 10:31Running 4 6:31v median +0:15
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 8:17v median +1:44
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Block 06 8:38Running 6 6:57v median +0:36
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Block 07 11:14Running 7 6:59v median +0:37
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 9:52v median +3:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:17
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.