The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:18:55 at Cape Town 2026 put Francesca Manson & Bianca Struik 129th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 84% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:07 on the median. A harder second half: 1:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:30, was faster than 91% 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 8:59Running 1 4:15v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:54v median −0:46
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Block 03 9:32Running 3 5:50v median −1:07
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Block 04 9:37Running 4 6:05v median −0:53
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Block 05 10:57Running 5 6:18v median −0:45
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Block 06 7:48Running 6 6:08v median −0:51
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Block 07 9:47Running 7 6:25v median −0:37
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Block 08 10:35Running 8 6:18v median −0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:30
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.