The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Laurence Mbalula & Thabang Skwambane finished 171st of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:25:25.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town 1 ran slow: the 270 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:55 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:37Running 1 3:39v median −0:28
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:42v median −0:08
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 6:32v median +0:24
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Block 04 10:52Running 4 6:35v median +0:29
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 6:42v median +0:26
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:55v median +0:46
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Block 07 10:42Running 7 6:29v median +0:15
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 7:02v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:32
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.