The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hannes Stoman & Gerhard Barnard finished 203rd of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:33:14.
The stations carried this race: faster than 45% of the field across all eight, against 25% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:49. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:51 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 8:17Running 1 4:13v median −0:11
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Block 02 9:56Running 2 8:21v median +2:29
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 8:40v median +2:18
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Block 04 13:16Running 4 8:54v median +2:34
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Block 05 8:53Running 5 4:08v median −2:26
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Block 06 12:54Running 6 11:02v median +4:41
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Block 07 10:53Running 7 6:20v median −0:09
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Block 08 11:28Running 8 6:50v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:49
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.