The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, Gabriella Knipe & Ingrid Van Biljon crossed the line in 1:27:04: 278th of 798 women's teams, faster than 65% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 80% of the field across all eight, against 57% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:04 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:28 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:07Running 1 4:43v median −0:17
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 6:36v median −0:04
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Block 03 13:34Running 3 9:15v median +2:18
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Block 04 10:27Running 4 6:33v median −0:25
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Block 05 11:12Running 5 6:28v median −0:35
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Block 06 8:22Running 6 6:39v median −0:20
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Block 07 10:14Running 7 6:34v median −0:28
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Block 08 9:42Running 8 5:54v median −1:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:24
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.