The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nina Potgieter & Alicia De Clercq finished 430th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:34:36.
A station race more than a running one: 69% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 8:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:48, ahead of 85% of the field.
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 9:26Running 1 4:47v median −0:13
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Block 02 10:36Running 2 9:12v median +2:32
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Block 03 13:47Running 3 9:04v median +2:07
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Block 04 14:17Running 4 9:18v median +2:20
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Block 05 14:05Running 5 9:21v median +2:18
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Block 06 7:42Running 6 6:30v median −0:29
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 6:36v median −0:26
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Block 08 10:09Running 8 5:43v median −1:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:48
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.