The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Caryn Shumba & Charliene Michel Thiart finished 554th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:42:32.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 0:59 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:54 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 9:55Running 1 5:07v median +0:07
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 7:30v median +0:50
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Block 03 11:51Running 3 7:49v median +0:52
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Block 04 12:47Running 4 7:58v median +1:00
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Block 05 13:25Running 5 8:10v median +1:07
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Block 06 10:53Running 6 8:38v median +1:39
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 8:17v median +1:15
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Block 08 14:06Running 8 8:37v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.