The race, in three figures
The race, in words
54:52 won the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026 for Frans Van Der Merwe & Jacques Badenhorst, first of 291 men's teams.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:11 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:03 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 2:58, was faster than 99% of the field.
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 6:12Running 1 2:46v median −1:21
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Block 02 5:09Running 2 3:53v median −1:57
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Block 03 6:21Running 3 4:00v median −2:08
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Block 04 6:29Running 4 4:00v median −2:06
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Block 05 8:05Running 5 4:14v median −2:02
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Block 06 5:13Running 6 4:07v median −2:02
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Block 07 6:48Running 7 4:06v median −2:08
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Block 08 7:44Running 8 4:03v median −2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 2:58
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 281
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 281 men's teams who finished.