The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jordyn Le Roux & Anna George finished 455th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:35:46.
Legs and stations told different stories: 63% of the field beaten on the runs, 33% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:12 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:13 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 9:59Running 1 4:58v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:08Running 2 6:21v median −0:19
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 6:40v median −0:17
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Block 04 10:59Running 4 6:40v median −0:18
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Block 05 12:30Running 5 6:41v median −0:22
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Block 06 8:47Running 6 6:32v median −0:27
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Block 07 11:33Running 7 6:48v median −0:14
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 6:39v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:13
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.