The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merylene Schoeman & Nadia Vertue finished 313th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:28:58, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:15 on the median.
Cape Town ran slow: the 469 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:59 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:16Running 1 5:39v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 7:19v median +0:39
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Block 03 10:10Running 3 7:04v median +0:07
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Block 04 11:38Running 4 7:12v median +0:14
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 7:14v median +0:11
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Block 06 9:17Running 6 7:37v median +0:38
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Block 07 10:31Running 7 7:17v median +0:15
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Block 08 10:59Running 8 6:51v median −0:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:37
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.