The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Liezl Van Deventer & Desiree Van Graan finished 613th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:47:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 11% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 4:26 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 8:40 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town ran slow: the 469 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:59 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:46Running 1 4:38v median −0:22
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Block 02 8:03Running 2 6:24v median −0:16
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 7:04v median +0:07
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Block 04 14:30Running 4 7:05v median +0:07
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Block 05 13:28Running 5 7:36v median +0:33
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Block 06 8:50Running 6 7:02v median +0:03
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Block 07 14:42Running 7 9:52v median +2:50
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Block 08 17:16Running 8 7:58v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:08
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.