The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:20:39 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Sbu Mthembu & KG Moseka 137th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 53% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 90% of the field across all eight, against 35% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:13 on the median. A harder second half: 3:02 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town 1. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:22Running 1 5:29v median +1:22
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Block 02 6:38Running 2 5:17v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:49Running 3 6:28v median +0:20
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Block 04 8:53Running 4 6:25v median +0:19
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Block 05 11:49Running 5 7:17v median +1:01
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 6:49v median +0:40
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Block 07 10:48Running 7 8:08v median +1:54
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 6:38v median +0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:59
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.