The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bernadette Beyer & Mariska Nel finished 695th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:58:22.
A station race more than a running one: 60% of the field beaten on the stations, against 7% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 9:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 11:17, behind 95% of the field.
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 9:59Running 1 5:10v median +0:10
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Block 02 11:28Running 2 9:52v median +3:12
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Block 03 12:17Running 3 7:43v median +0:46
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Block 04 15:03Running 4 11:02v median +4:04
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Block 05 14:06Running 5 8:34v median +1:31
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Block 06 13:32Running 6 11:04v median +4:05
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Block 07 14:48Running 7 11:52v median +4:50
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Block 08 16:00Running 8 11:26v median +4:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:17
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.