The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, Karla Kik Gillingham & Samantha Harper crossed the line in 1:22:04: 181st of 798 women's teams, faster than 77% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 92% of the field beaten on the runs, 37% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 2:32 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:40Running 1 4:02v median −0:58
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Block 02 7:05Running 2 5:21v median −1:19
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Block 03 9:29Running 3 5:36v median −1:21
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Block 04 11:07Running 4 5:39v median −1:19
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Block 05 11:08Running 5 5:42v median −1:21
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Block 06 7:26Running 6 5:37v median −1:22
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 5:39v median −1:23
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Block 08 11:32Running 8 5:44v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:05
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.