The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christelle Van Niekerk & Doré Keyser finished 434th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:34:49.
A station race more than a running one: 77% of the field beaten on the stations, against 36% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:49 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:39 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:24Running 1 4:56v median −0:04
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:57v median +0:17
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Block 03 11:41Running 3 7:53v median +0:56
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Block 04 11:48Running 4 7:58v median +1:00
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Block 05 13:17Running 5 8:09v median +1:06
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 7:50v median +0:51
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Block 07 11:31Running 7 7:43v median +0:41
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Block 08 11:55Running 8 7:51v median +0:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:09
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.