The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Leroy Mhumhi & Pieter Britz at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:08:30, 25th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 74% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:39 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:26, was faster than 87% of the field.
Cape Town 1 cost the whole field time: about 4:55 more than the average race this season, going by 270 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 5:21v median +0:57
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 4:52v median −1:00
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Block 03 7:34Running 3 4:45v median −1:37
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Block 04 7:36Running 4 4:43v median −1:37
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Block 05 9:19Running 5 4:41v median −1:53
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Block 06 6:08Running 6 4:36v median −1:45
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Block 07 7:52Running 7 4:39v median −1:50
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Block 08 9:50Running 8 4:53v median −2:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 296
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 296 men's teams who finished.