The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:09:40 at Cape Town 2026 put Daniel Ellis-Brown & Matthew Kannemeyer 307th of 309 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:38 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:17 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:13 in the roxzone was slower than 96% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:34Running 1 5:55v median +1:50
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Block 02 11:27Running 2 8:53v median +3:15
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Block 03 16:35Running 3 11:23v median +5:27
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Block 04 16:56Running 4 10:00v median +3:59
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Block 05 14:33Running 5 9:36v median +3:27
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Block 06 11:28Running 6 8:59v median +2:56
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Block 07 17:30Running 7 9:10v median +3:04
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Block 08 20:32Running 8 11:38v median +5:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.