The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:08 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Mark Van der Kaag & Guillaume Muller 198th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 56% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:37 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:42Running 1 4:27v median +0:03
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Block 02 7:55Running 2 6:30v median +0:38
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Block 03 9:45Running 3 6:54v median +0:32
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 7:06v median +0:46
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Block 05 12:53Running 5 7:48v median +1:14
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Block 06 9:20Running 6 7:23v median +1:02
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Block 07 11:27Running 7 7:44v median +1:15
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Block 08 13:26Running 8 8:23v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:23
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.