The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Pieter Muller & Jacques Moolman finished 266th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:49:28.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:21 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:51 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 8:54Running 1 5:05v median +0:58
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Block 02 10:02Running 2 7:40v median +1:50
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Block 03 12:22Running 3 8:33v median +2:25
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Block 04 13:32Running 4 8:10v median +2:04
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Block 05 13:04Running 5 8:02v median +1:46
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Block 06 10:38Running 6 8:23v median +2:14
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Block 07 14:42Running 7 8:28v median +2:14
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Block 08 16:31Running 8 9:54v median +3:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:51
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.