The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:25:16 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Bahle Mabaso & Motswaledi Motau 168th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 31% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:33 better against the middle of the field than before it. 9:06 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 9:02Running 1 4:29v median +0:22
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Block 02 7:28Running 2 5:30v median −0:20
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Block 03 9:43Running 3 5:43v median −0:25
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 5:43v median −0:23
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Block 05 11:18Running 5 5:50v median −0:26
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Block 06 8:12Running 6 6:10v median +0:01
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Block 07 9:32Running 7 5:39v median −0:35
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Block 08 11:25Running 8 6:34v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:06
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.