The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Leon Claassen & Pieter Gouws crossed the line in 1:17:53: 116th of 291 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:40 on the median. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:52 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:40 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:28Running 1 3:41v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:53Running 2 5:17v median −0:33
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Block 03 9:11Running 3 5:59v median −0:09
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Block 04 9:13Running 4 5:50v median −0:16
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:11v median −0:05
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Block 06 7:24Running 6 5:48v median −0:21
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Block 07 9:22Running 7 6:09v median −0:05
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Block 08 12:42Running 8 6:01v median −0:27
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:04
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.