The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Carl Van Der Merwe & Mikael Pretorius finished 177th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:26:12.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:32 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:31 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:36Running 1 4:23v median +0:16
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Block 02 7:22Running 2 5:37v median −0:13
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Block 03 10:15Running 3 5:54v median −0:14
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Block 04 9:38Running 4 5:59v median −0:07
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 6:49v median +0:33
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Block 06 7:31Running 6 6:04v median −0:05
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Block 07 10:12Running 7 6:22v median +0:08
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Block 08 14:28Running 8 8:07v median +1:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.