The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lené Van Der Merwe & Lea De Villiers finished 283rd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:27:16, faster than 65% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 75% of the field beaten on the stations, against 53% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:08 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:34 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:16Running 1 4:33v median −0:27
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 9:03v median +2:23
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Block 03 11:37Running 3 6:52v median −0:05
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Block 04 10:07Running 4 6:36v median −0:22
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Block 05 11:48Running 5 6:43v median −0:20
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Block 06 8:09Running 6 6:31v median −0:28
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Block 07 9:57Running 7 6:49v median −0:13
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Block 08 11:13Running 8 6:43v median −0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:50
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.