The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Joseph Hughes & Harrison Green crossed the line in 1:18:24: 96th of 308 men's teams, faster than 69% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 89% of the field beaten on the stations, against 66% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:27 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:15Running 1 3:35v median −0:49
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Block 02 6:37Running 2 4:59v median −0:53
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 6:43v median +0:21
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Block 04 9:55Running 4 6:48v median +0:28
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 7:02v median +0:28
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:23v median −0:58
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Block 07 8:24Running 7 5:26v median −1:03
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Block 08 10:28Running 8 6:41v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:46
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.