The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bjorn Isaac & Schean Marais finished 285th of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:54:35.
A station race more than a running one: 26% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:20. A harder second half: 8:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town 1 ran slow: the 270 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:55 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:33Running 1 4:28v median +0:04
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Block 02 10:48Running 2 9:07v median +3:15
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Block 03 13:11Running 3 9:25v median +3:03
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Block 04 14:15Running 4 9:18v median +2:58
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Block 05 15:29Running 5 10:34v median +4:00
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Block 06 12:41Running 6 10:15v median +3:54
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Block 07 14:36Running 7 10:11v median +3:42
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Block 08 16:40Running 8 11:03v median +4:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.