The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rachel Hill & Megan Neethling finished 478th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:37:21.
A station race more than a running one: 62% of the field beaten on the stations, against 32% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 0:32 on the median. A harder second half: 3:01 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 9:49Running 1 5:06v median +0:06
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 7:12v median +0:32
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Block 03 11:27Running 3 7:38v median +0:41
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Block 04 12:32Running 4 7:45v median +0:47
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Block 05 13:02Running 5 7:54v median +0:51
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Block 06 9:53Running 6 7:48v median +0:49
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 7:31v median +0:29
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 9:37v median +2:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:42
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.