The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:39:39 at Cape Town 2026 put Alessandra Naudé & Nadia Van Der Merwe 511th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:38. A harder second half: 2:01 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:36 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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 9:55Running 1 5:10v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:48Running 2 6:58v median +0:18
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 6:57v median +0:00
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 6:57v median −0:01
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Block 05 13:10Running 5 7:43v median +0:40
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 7:10v median +0:11
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 7:19v median +0:17
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Block 08 13:24Running 8 6:54v median −0:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:36
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.