The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nabeelah Goosen & Kirsten Alexandra Plaatjes finished 640th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:50:53.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:20 behind the median. A harder second half: 7:45 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:01 in the roxzone was slower than 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 10:44Running 1 5:49v median +0:49
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 7:54v median +1:14
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Block 03 11:56Running 3 7:34v median +0:37
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Block 04 13:26Running 4 8:08v median +1:10
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Block 05 14:00Running 5 8:40v median +1:37
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Block 06 11:19Running 6 9:01v median +2:02
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Block 07 15:04Running 7 9:43v median +2:41
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Block 08 14:57Running 8 8:45v median +1:37
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:01
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.