The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:42:47 at Cape Town 2026 put Crystal Martin & Joa Bloem 561st of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 54% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:01 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 10:29Running 1 5:32v median +0:32
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Block 02 8:45Running 2 7:15v median +0:35
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Block 03 12:21Running 3 8:27v median +1:30
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Block 04 13:18Running 4 8:40v median +1:42
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Block 05 13:49Running 5 8:29v median +1:26
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Block 06 10:32Running 6 8:26v median +1:27
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 8:35v median +1:33
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Block 08 13:02Running 8 8:30v median +1:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:48
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.