The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:16 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Siyabonga Buthelezi & Siyabulela Mdoda 235th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. The sled pull cost the most time: 5:08 slower than the median. Stronger after halfway: 4:15 better against the middle of the field 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 10:14Running 1 5:56v median +1:49
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Block 02 7:48Running 2 5:48v median −0:02
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Block 03 15:00Running 3 6:29v median +0:21
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Block 04 12:43Running 4 6:22v median +0:16
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 7:00v median +0:44
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Block 06 8:06Running 6 6:33v median +0:24
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 6:48v median +0:34
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 7:25v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:01
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.