The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Joshua Smeda & Neville Smith finished 334th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:31:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:18. The race faded late: the second half went 1:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:25Running 1 3:55v median −0:20
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Block 02 7:32Running 2 5:48v median −0:04
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Block 03 11:12Running 3 7:01v median +0:44
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Block 04 11:42Running 4 6:56v median +0:40
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Block 05 12:32Running 5 7:20v median +0:47
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:57v median +0:36
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Block 07 12:13Running 7 7:10v median +0:48
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 7:27v median +0:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:00
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.