The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Amandla Cutu & Bongolihle Bidli finished 782nd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:25:36.
A station race more than a running one: 23% of the field beaten on the stations, against 1% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 10:38 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:39 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 13:30Running 1 8:34v median +3:34
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Block 02 15:20Running 2 13:17v median +6:37
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Block 03 15:01Running 3 10:22v median +3:25
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Block 04 16:54Running 4 10:11v median +3:13
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Block 05 19:48Running 5 13:41v median +6:38
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Block 06 12:52Running 6 10:48v median +3:49
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Block 07 24:18Running 7 19:14v median +12:12
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Block 08 17:23Running 8 12:31v median +5:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:39
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.