The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:41:36 at Cape Town 2026 put Dean Smith & Liardus Nel 426th of 502 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 99% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 3:26 on the median. A harder second half: 13:02 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 8:28Running 1 4:38v median +0:23
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Block 02 7:57Running 2 6:35v median +0:43
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 7:25v median +1:08
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 8:22v median +2:06
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Block 05 13:44Running 5 9:18v median +2:45
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Block 06 16:35Running 6 14:32v median +8:11
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Block 07 13:24Running 7 10:30v median +4:08
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 9:25v median +2:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:36
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.