The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:49 at Cape Town 2026 put Dane De Wet & Myra Schoeman 125th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 84% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 88% of the field beaten on the runs, 64% on the stations. A harder second half: 3:29 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:11, was faster than 95% of the field.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 5:59 more than the average race this season, going by 469 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:09Running 1 3:36v median −1:24
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Block 02 6:55Running 2 5:18v median −1:22
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Block 03 9:52Running 3 5:48v median −1:09
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Block 04 9:51Running 4 5:47v median −1:11
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 6:18v median −0:45
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Block 06 7:34Running 6 5:48v median −1:11
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Block 07 9:51Running 7 6:14v median −0:48
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Block 08 11:12Running 8 5:53v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:11
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.