The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Francois Pretorius & Marno Horn finished 269th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:49:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 2:30 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 8:33, behind 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 8:36Running 1 4:22v median +0:15
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Block 02 9:58Running 2 7:57v median +2:07
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Block 03 12:38Running 3 8:27v median +2:19
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Block 04 13:46Running 4 8:14v median +2:08
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 8:36v median +2:20
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Block 06 9:55Running 6 8:08v median +1:59
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Block 07 15:01Running 7 8:38v median +2:24
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Block 08 17:52Running 8 12:20v median +5:52
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:33
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.