The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Robyn Petersen & Mikhaila Bruinders finished 635th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:50:14.
Legs and stations told different stories: 35% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 2:30. A harder second half: 2:20 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 10:59Running 1 5:20v median +0:20
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Block 02 9:18Running 2 7:24v median +0:44
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Block 03 13:43Running 3 7:44v median +0:47
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Block 04 14:34Running 4 7:36v median +0:38
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 7:38v median +0:35
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Block 06 10:19Running 6 7:58v median +0:59
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Block 07 13:27Running 7 7:30v median +0:28
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Block 08 15:48Running 8 8:26v median +1:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:36
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.