The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xavier de Bruyn & McAllistair Smith finished 173rd of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:25:38.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:44 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:38 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:55 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:38Running 1 6:39v median +2:32
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:36v median −0:14
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Block 03 10:16Running 3 6:18v median +0:10
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 6:21v median +0:15
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:23v median +0:07
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Block 06 8:15Running 6 6:14v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 6:18v median +0:04
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 7:29v median +1:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:58
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.