The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Johan Lombaard & Louis Lombaard finished 301st of 309 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:57:49.
A station race more than a running one: 23% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:56 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 8:31 in the roxzone was slower than 87% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:37Running 1 5:20v median +1:15
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Block 02 12:04Running 2 10:25v median +4:47
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Block 03 13:29Running 3 9:49v median +3:53
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Block 04 14:36Running 4 10:29v median +4:28
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Block 05 16:11Running 5 11:15v median +5:06
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Block 06 11:54Running 6 10:22v median +4:19
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Block 07 14:51Running 7 10:06v median +4:00
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Block 08 16:42Running 8 10:40v median +4:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:31
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.