The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Smit & Chelsea Wolffs finished 498th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:38:48.
A station race more than a running one: 74% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:58 on the median. A harder second half: 2:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town ran slow: the 469 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:59 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:46Running 1 5:08v median +0:08
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Block 02 9:00Running 2 7:24v median +0:44
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Block 03 12:35Running 3 8:18v median +1:21
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Block 04 12:34Running 4 8:20v median +1:22
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Block 05 14:08Running 5 9:09v median +2:06
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Block 06 10:42Running 6 8:46v median +1:47
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Block 07 11:29Running 7 8:25v median +1:23
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Block 08 12:03Running 8 7:55v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:38
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.