The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, Dané Pienaar & Michaela Pienaar crossed the line in 1:31:04: 351st of 798 women's teams, faster than 56% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 85% of the field beaten on the stations, against 44% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:06 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:50 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 9:03Running 1 4:59v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:29Running 2 7:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 10:57Running 3 7:14v median +0:17
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Block 04 10:45Running 4 7:12v median +0:14
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Block 05 12:20Running 5 7:29v median +0:26
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Block 06 9:37Running 6 7:49v median +0:50
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 7:22v median +0:20
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Block 08 11:40Running 8 7:24v median +0:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:15
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.