The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Tristan Blewett & Andre Van Der Merwe at Cape Town 1 2026: 55:33, 2nd of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:50 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:36 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:20, ahead of 97% of the field.
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 6:18Running 1 2:56v median −1:11
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Block 02 5:14Running 2 4:00v median −1:50
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Block 03 6:50Running 3 4:20v median −1:48
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Block 04 6:11Running 4 4:22v median −1:44
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Block 05 8:08Running 5 4:24v median −1:52
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Block 06 5:42Running 6 4:28v median −1:41
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Block 07 6:26Running 7 4:23v median −1:51
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Block 08 7:34Running 8 4:28v median −2:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:20
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.