The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Caitlin Potgieter & Carla Meyer finished 426th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:34:20.
A station race more than a running one: 64% of the field beaten on the stations, against 39% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:00 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 9:43Running 1 5:03v median +0:03
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 7:14v median +0:34
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Block 03 11:39Running 3 7:20v median +0:23
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Block 04 12:15Running 4 7:37v median +0:39
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Block 05 12:45Running 5 7:38v median +0:35
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 7:41v median +0:42
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 7:58v median +0:56
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 7:42v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:11
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.