The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Derrin Bassage & Nick Ross crossed the line in 1:24:50: 149th of 308 men's teams, faster than 52% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 60% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 39% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 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 8:15Running 1 4:06v median −0:18
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Block 02 8:14Running 2 5:58v median +0:06
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 6:14v median −0:08
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 6:20v median +0:00
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Block 05 11:37Running 5 6:19v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:19v median −0:02
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Block 07 10:14Running 7 6:13v median −0:16
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Block 08 10:56Running 8 6:33v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:56
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.