The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Stephan Mulder & Marcel Smith crossed the line in 1:10:19: 40th of 308 men's teams, faster than 87% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 99% of the field beaten on the stations, against 76% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 3:28 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:20, was faster than 89% of the field.
This was a slow day in Cape Town 1. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:55Running 1 5:22v median +0:58
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Block 02 8:07Running 2 6:45v median +0:53
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Block 03 7:31Running 3 5:08v median −1:14
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Block 04 7:43Running 4 5:19v median −1:01
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Block 05 9:25Running 5 5:17v median −1:17
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Block 06 6:22Running 6 5:14v median −1:07
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Block 07 8:18Running 7 5:31v median −0:58
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Block 08 9:47Running 8 5:36v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:20
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.