The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:07 at Cape Town 2026 put Michelle Smuts & Menantu Janse Van Vuuren 294th of 342 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 2:15 slower than the median. A harder second half: 4:32 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 9:23Running 1 5:00v median +0:29
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Block 02 9:48Running 2 7:59v median +1:52
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Block 03 13:52Running 3 10:02v median +3:39
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Block 04 12:27Running 4 9:10v median +2:40
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 8:52v median +2:19
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Block 06 12:13Running 6 10:10v median +3:41
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Block 07 15:16Running 7 8:45v median +2:09
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Block 08 14:58Running 8 9:25v median +2:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:49
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 329
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 329 mixed teams who finished.