The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Morgan Coutts & Daniel Thetard finished 212th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:32:01.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:18 from the median. A harder second half: 1:40 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 9:00Running 1 4:47v median +0:40
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 6:47v median +0:57
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 7:17v median +1:09
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Block 04 10:24Running 4 7:17v median +1:11
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:18v median +1:02
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:32v median +1:23
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Block 07 11:10Running 7 7:30v median +1:16
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Block 08 12:38Running 8 8:04v median +1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:20
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.