The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hlomla Mbaza & Count More finished 221st of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:34:09.
The runs carried this race: faster than 32% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 11% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 1:34. A harder second half: 4:18 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 8:09Running 1 3:58v median −0:09
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Block 02 7:58Running 2 5:43v median −0:07
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 6:46v median +0:38
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Block 04 12:01Running 4 7:02v median +0:56
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Block 05 12:43Running 5 7:28v median +1:12
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Block 06 9:08Running 6 7:08v median +0:59
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Block 07 12:22Running 7 7:11v median +0:57
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Block 08 14:36Running 8 8:23v median +1:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:03
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.