The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:37 at Cape Town 2026 put Edith Ottermann & Cecilia Stanford 531st of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 18% on the stations. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 2:27. A harder second half: 1:13 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 10:28Running 1 5:32v median +0:32
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Block 02 9:10Running 2 7:01v median +0:21
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Block 03 11:49Running 3 7:00v median +0:03
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Block 04 13:21Running 4 7:18v median +0:20
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Block 05 12:58Running 5 7:26v median +0:23
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Block 06 8:56Running 6 6:58v median −0:01
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Block 07 13:20Running 7 6:51v median −0:11
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 6:57v median −0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:35
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.