The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:31:51 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Farrel Pillay & Nestor Ngoy 211th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 21% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:04 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 11:08Running 1 6:57v median +2:50
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 6:38v median +0:48
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Block 03 10:38Running 3 7:07v median +0:59
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Block 04 11:18Running 4 7:40v median +1:34
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 7:21v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 7:26v median +1:17
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Block 07 11:32Running 7 7:15v median +1:01
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Block 08 12:19Running 8 7:52v median +1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:35
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.