The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Nicole Sykes & Nicolene Cronje at Cape Town 2026: 1:12:55, 43rd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 97% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 75% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 3:51, was faster than 98% of the field.
Cape Town ran slow: the 469 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:59 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:09Running 1 4:17v median −0:43
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Block 02 7:03Running 2 5:24v median −1:16
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:19v median −1:38
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Block 04 8:50Running 4 5:11v median −1:47
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 5:19v median −1:44
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Block 06 6:38Running 6 5:12v median −1:47
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Block 07 7:55Running 7 5:03v median −1:59
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Block 08 10:08Running 8 4:40v median −2:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:51
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 774
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 774 women's teams who finished.