The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:11:09 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Stefan Botes & Joshua Gibson 52nd of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 82% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 63% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled push, 2:39 behind the median. Quick through the roxzone: 3:57, ahead of 88% 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 6:57Running 1 3:17v median −0:50
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 4:57v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 5:08v median −1:00
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Block 04 7:21Running 4 5:16v median −0:50
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 5:25v median −0:51
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Block 06 6:56Running 6 5:24v median −0:45
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Block 07 7:47Running 7 5:22v median −0:52
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 5:51v median −0:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:57
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.