The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:33:35 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Mahlatse Sethole & Shaun Ngcobo 208th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 1:42 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:08 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:36Running 1 6:36v median +2:12
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Block 02 8:38Running 2 6:11v median +0:19
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 6:43v median +0:21
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 6:37v median +0:17
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Block 05 12:06Running 5 7:07v median +0:33
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 7:24v median +1:03
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Block 07 12:25Running 7 7:35v median +1:06
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Block 08 13:05Running 8 7:36v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:19
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.