The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:13:56 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Adriaan Smit & Louw Smit 61st of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 80% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 94% of the field across all eight, against 68% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:34, ahead of 85% 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 7:11Running 1 3:40v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:06Running 2 5:25v median −0:27
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Block 03 8:55Running 3 5:51v median −0:31
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:49v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:15Running 5 6:11v median −0:23
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:57v median −0:24
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 6:19v median −0:10
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Block 08 10:47Running 8 6:57v median +0:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:34
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.