The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Wessel Cloete & Ulrich Pretorius finished 160th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:25:57.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 37% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:52 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 9:39Running 1 6:05v median +1:41
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Block 02 10:25Running 2 9:01v median +3:09
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Block 03 8:53Running 3 6:10v median −0:12
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Block 04 9:17Running 4 6:15v median −0:05
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 6:19v median −0:15
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:53v median +0:32
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 6:32v median +0:03
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Block 08 11:30Running 8 7:19v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:36
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.