The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Janice Charles & Megan Mcilrath finished 454th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:35:39.
Legs and stations told different stories: 54% of the field beaten on the runs, 25% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:07 behind the median. A harder second half: 4:01 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 9:50Running 1 4:47v median −0:13
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Block 02 7:43Running 2 6:07v median −0:33
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 6:28v median −0:29
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Block 04 11:56Running 4 6:19v median −0:39
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:12v median −0:51
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Block 06 13:31Running 6 11:20v median +4:21
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Block 07 10:34Running 7 6:07v median −0:55
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 6:09v median −0:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:40
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.