The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Siyabonga Buthelezi & Siyabulela Mdoda finished 223rd of 309 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:29:50.
Legs and stations told different stories: 44% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:36 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:12Running 1 4:06v median +0:01
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Block 02 7:44Running 2 5:44v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:12v median +0:16
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Block 04 10:57Running 4 6:18v median +0:17
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Block 05 11:23Running 5 6:16v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:14Running 6 6:36v median +0:33
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Block 07 12:47Running 7 6:43v median +0:37
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Block 08 13:39Running 8 6:23v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 304
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 304 men's teams who finished.