The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Otto Hale & Peter Campbell-Watts finished 247th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:40:44.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. A harder second half: 4:47 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:09 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
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 9:08Running 1 4:52v median +0:45
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Block 02 9:21Running 2 7:42v median +1:52
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 8:17v median +2:09
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Block 04 11:15Running 4 8:16v median +2:10
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 8:43v median +2:27
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Block 06 9:45Running 6 8:30v median +2:21
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 8:34v median +2:20
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 8:42v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:09
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.