The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:31 at Cape Town 2026 put Margaret Delgado & Raquel Fernandes 553rd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:48 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:37 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 10:24Running 1 5:25v median +0:25
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 7:38v median +0:58
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Block 03 12:25Running 3 8:13v median +1:16
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Block 04 14:00Running 4 8:33v median +1:35
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Block 05 13:49Running 5 8:41v median +1:38
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 8:57v median +1:58
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Block 07 13:05Running 7 8:52v median +1:50
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Block 08 13:01Running 8 8:40v median +1:32
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:00
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.