The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:15:35 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Taiba Balaka & Siyamthanda Mbande 96th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:36 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:04 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:09Running 1 3:56v median −0:11
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Block 02 6:48Running 2 5:14v median −0:36
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Block 03 8:51Running 3 5:24v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 5:33v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:29Running 5 5:59v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:25Running 6 5:44v median −0:25
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Block 07 9:16Running 7 5:59v median −0:15
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Block 08 11:09Running 8 6:37v median +0:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:39
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.