The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Preston Barr & Joshua Thornton crossed the line in 1:11:29: 97th of 477 men's teams, faster than 80% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:31 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:42 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 4:17 more than the average race this season, going by 227 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:18Running 1 3:20v median −0:39
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 4:47v median −0:46
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Block 03 7:55Running 3 5:14v median −0:43
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Block 04 8:15Running 4 5:29v median −0:31
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Block 05 10:00Running 5 5:36v median −0:37
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Block 06 6:49Running 6 5:20v median −0:41
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 5:11v median −0:49
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Block 08 10:21Running 8 5:37v median −0:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:27
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 460
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 460 men's teams who finished.