The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rulo Barnard & Kyle Rodger finished 154th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:23:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 74% of the field beaten on the runs, 16% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:22 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:37 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 8:31Running 1 4:17v median +0:10
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 5:14v median −0:36
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Block 03 10:09Running 3 5:24v median −0:44
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:18v median −0:48
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 5:29v median −0:47
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 5:19v median −0:50
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Block 07 9:50Running 7 5:20v median −0:54
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Block 08 12:25Running 8 6:23v median −0:05
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:10
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.