The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Joshua Myers & Michael De Gouveia crossed the line in 1:18:34: 120th of 291 men's teams, faster than 59% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 80% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 41% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:09. The race faded late: the second half went 3:21 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 6:48Running 1 2:58v median −1:09
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Block 02 6:51Running 2 5:01v median −0:49
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Block 03 9:15Running 3 5:32v median −0:36
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Block 04 9:03Running 4 5:11v median −0:55
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:27v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:05Running 6 5:39v median −0:30
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 5:42v median −0:32
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 5:46v median −0:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.