The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Megan Pelser & Chris-Lea Potgieter finished 314th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:28:59, faster than 61% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 47% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:59 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:23 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:09Running 1 4:26v median −0:34
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 6:23v median −0:17
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Block 03 10:45Running 3 7:13v median +0:16
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Block 04 11:09Running 4 7:29v median +0:31
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Block 05 12:37Running 5 7:32v median +0:29
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 7:09v median +0:10
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Block 07 11:03Running 7 7:37v median +0:35
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Block 08 12:30Running 8 7:31v median +0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.