The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:44 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Kaden Damon & Michael De Beer 248th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 51% of the field beaten on the stations, against 10% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:27 better against the middle of the field than the first. 8:32 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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 11:21Running 1 6:46v median +2:39
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 7:18v median +1:28
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 7:52v median +1:44
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Block 04 11:13Running 4 8:14v median +2:08
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Block 05 13:21Running 5 8:43v median +2:27
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Block 06 9:28Running 6 7:38v median +1:29
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Block 07 11:36Running 7 7:44v median +1:30
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Block 08 13:59Running 8 10:11v median +3:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:32
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.