The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tinashe Saidi & Frank Saidi finished 178th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:26:25.
Legs and stations told different stories: 55% of the field beaten on the runs, 23% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:42 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:00 better 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 9:51Running 1 5:38v median +1:31
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Block 02 7:29Running 2 5:27v median −0:23
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 5:59v median −0:09
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Block 04 10:01Running 4 5:46v median −0:20
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Block 05 11:04Running 5 6:08v median −0:08
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Block 06 7:17Running 6 5:36v median −0:33
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 5:59v median −0:15
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 5:55v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:15
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.