The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melt Hamman & Jacobus Esterhuyse finished 400th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:38:03.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:35 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:38Running 1 4:33v median +0:18
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 6:11v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:00Running 3 6:19v median +0:02
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Block 04 12:25Running 4 6:16v median +0:00
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 7:08v median +0:35
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Block 06 8:55Running 6 6:48v median +0:27
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Block 07 11:20Running 7 6:27v median +0:05
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Block 08 16:05Running 8 7:42v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.