The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nikki Otto & Riette Creighton finished 544th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:41:23.
The runs carried this race: faster than 47% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 21% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 7:25 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:39Running 1 4:59v median −0:01
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 6:42v median +0:02
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Block 03 10:44Running 3 6:40v median −0:17
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Block 04 13:05Running 4 7:09v median +0:11
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Block 05 12:09Running 5 7:06v median +0:03
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Block 06 10:17Running 6 7:34v median +0:35
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Block 07 12:05Running 7 7:44v median +0:42
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Block 08 16:26Running 8 7:44v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:53
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.