The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Selina Schneider & Gwenhwyfar Vecsey De Vecse finished 577th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:43:52.
A station race more than a running one: 44% of the field beaten on the stations, against 20% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 4:58 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:38, ahead of 88% of the field.
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 9:04Running 1 4:03v median −0:57
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Block 02 10:41Running 2 8:44v median +2:04
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Block 03 13:04Running 3 8:44v median +1:47
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Block 04 13:28Running 4 8:44v median +1:46
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Block 05 14:28Running 5 8:56v median +1:53
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Block 06 10:48Running 6 9:00v median +2:01
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 9:03v median +2:01
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 9:30v median +2:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:38
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.