The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:29 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Erhardt Van Zyl & Henry Potgieter 284th of 291 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. A harder second half: 11:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:14 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
This was a slow day in Cape Town 1. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:55.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:35Running 1 5:17v median +1:10
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Block 02 11:44Running 2 9:34v median +3:44
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Block 03 13:54Running 3 9:50v median +3:42
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Block 04 13:40Running 4 9:56v median +3:50
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Block 05 15:56Running 5 10:59v median +4:43
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Block 06 13:37Running 6 11:29v median +5:20
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Block 07 15:46Running 7 11:27v median +5:13
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Block 08 18:10Running 8 14:11v median +7:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:14
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.