The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Ndaba Lizo & Mihle Msebenzi finished 292nd of 308 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:59:56.
A station race more than a running one: 24% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:36 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:13 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 10:12Running 1 5:33v median +1:09
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Block 02 12:47Running 2 10:21v median +4:29
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Block 03 15:41Running 3 10:37v median +4:15
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 10:30v median +4:10
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Block 05 15:41Running 5 10:23v median +3:49
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Block 06 12:02Running 6 10:22v median +4:01
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Block 07 15:49Running 7 10:51v median +4:22
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Block 08 17:15Running 8 11:47v median +4:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:13
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.