The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liam Roux & Simóne Shirley finished 163rd of 302 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:28:42.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 41% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:31 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:39 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:58Running 1 4:52v median +0:22
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 7:18v median +1:03
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Block 03 11:34Running 3 7:14v median +0:42
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Block 04 10:42Running 4 7:15v median +0:40
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Block 05 11:57Running 5 7:12v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:57v median +0:21
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Block 07 10:25Running 7 6:59v median +0:21
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 6:48v median −0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 292
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 292 mixed teams who finished.