The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Tatenda Mpofu & Michael Rodwell Chikwava crossed the line in 1:21:27: 122nd of 308 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 74% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:50Running 1 3:48v median −0:36
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 5:26v median −0:26
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Block 03 9:22Running 3 5:49v median −0:33
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Block 04 8:59Running 4 5:57v median −0:23
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 5:53v median −0:41
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Block 06 7:14Running 6 5:34v median −0:47
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 6:04v median −0:25
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Block 08 14:52Running 8 6:19v median −0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
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.