The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nomali Nxumalo & Samukelisiwe Mabaso finished 726th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:04:14.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:30Running 1 5:40v median +0:40
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Block 02 11:20Running 2 8:47v median +2:07
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Block 03 14:52Running 3 9:34v median +2:37
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Block 04 16:37Running 4 10:12v median +3:14
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Block 05 14:34Running 5 9:16v median +2:13
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Block 06 11:11Running 6 9:09v median +2:10
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Block 07 13:27Running 7 8:57v median +1:55
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Block 08 22:46Running 8 17:58v median +10:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:04
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.