The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jamie Lacey & Nina Vermaak finished 587th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:44:21.
A station race more than a running one: 68% of the field beaten on the stations, against 26% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 12:21, behind 96% 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 12:00Running 1 7:15v median +2:15
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Block 02 8:10Running 2 6:41v median +0:01
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Block 03 10:50Running 3 7:01v median +0:04
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Block 04 12:21Running 4 8:29v median +1:31
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Block 05 13:45Running 5 8:35v median +1:32
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Block 06 9:38Running 6 8:13v median +1:14
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 7:40v median +0:38
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Block 08 14:27Running 8 8:38v median +1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:21
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.