The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jan Bester & Brett Michau finished 164th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:26:17.
Legs and stations told different stories: 66% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:25 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:20 worse 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 8:01Running 1 4:02v median −0:22
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 5:25v median −0:27
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Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:52v median −0:30
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Block 04 9:32Running 4 5:37v median −0:43
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Block 05 11:10Running 5 5:55v median −0:39
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Block 06 8:00Running 6 6:06v median −0:15
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Block 07 11:09Running 7 6:31v median +0:02
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Block 08 13:35Running 8 7:19v median +0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:58
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.