The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Anthony Carstens & Grant Boreham finished 230th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:37:13.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:30 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:32 better against the middle of the field 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 11:55Running 1 7:52v median +3:28
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Block 02 9:32Running 2 7:43v median +1:51
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Block 03 11:36Running 3 7:38v median +1:16
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Block 04 11:01Running 4 7:38v median +1:18
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Block 05 12:16Running 5 7:46v median +1:12
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Block 06 9:29Running 6 7:36v median +1:15
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Block 07 11:56Running 7 7:59v median +1:30
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Block 08 12:50Running 8 8:10v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:45
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.