The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Christea Strauss & Lize-Marè Du Plessis finished 639th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:50:52.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:37 behind the median. A harder second half: 5:38 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 9:47Running 1 4:59v median −0:01
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Block 02 9:27Running 2 7:42v median +1:02
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Block 03 12:45Running 3 8:10v median +1:13
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 8:27v median +1:29
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Block 05 14:27Running 5 9:03v median +2:00
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Block 06 11:02Running 6 9:08v median +2:09
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Block 07 14:47Running 7 9:08v median +2:06
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Block 08 15:05Running 8 9:27v median +2:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:15
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.