The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:29:48 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Ethan De Kock & Daniel Martin 199th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 76% of the field across all eight, against 21% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:03 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:37 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 8:32Running 1 4:44v median +0:37
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 7:00v median +1:10
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Block 03 11:09Running 3 7:58v median +1:50
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Block 04 11:12Running 4 7:50v median +1:44
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Block 05 12:02Running 5 7:36v median +1:20
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Block 06 9:07Running 6 7:42v median +1:33
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Block 07 10:11Running 7 7:21v median +1:07
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Block 08 12:28Running 8 7:56v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.