The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:53:46 at Cape Town 2026 put Maryke Collins & Taryn Ackerberg 656th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 33% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:29. A harder second half: 1:22 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 11:28Running 1 5:54v median +0:54
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Block 02 9:25Running 2 7:38v median +0:58
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Block 03 14:07Running 3 7:39v median +0:42
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Block 04 16:50Running 4 7:57v median +0:59
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 7:52v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:51Running 6 7:56v median +0:57
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Block 07 13:32Running 7 7:37v median +0:35
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Block 08 18:10Running 8 7:49v median +0:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.