The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:11:21 at Cape Town 2026 put Unathi Sokutu & Nomzamo Nyoni 746th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:50 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 5:09 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:39 in the roxzone was slower than 85% 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 11:24Running 1 5:32v median +0:32
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Block 02 11:39Running 2 9:28v median +2:48
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Block 03 15:33Running 3 10:10v median +3:13
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Block 04 17:44Running 4 11:40v median +4:42
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Block 05 16:14Running 5 10:11v median +3:08
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Block 06 14:01Running 6 11:34v median +4:35
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Block 07 16:39Running 7 10:47v median +3:45
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Block 08 18:35Running 8 12:41v median +5:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:39
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.