The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Neal Hoogwerf & Justin Heunis crossed the line in 1:22:30: 135th of 308 men's teams, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 65% of the field beaten on the runs, 45% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:43 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:49 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town 1 ran slow: the 270 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:55 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 4:14v median −0:10
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:46v median −0:06
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Block 03 9:17Running 3 5:59v median −0:23
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 6:02v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 6:05v median −0:29
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Block 06 8:07Running 6 6:03v median −0:18
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Block 07 10:29Running 7 6:02v median −0:27
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 6:42v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.