The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:41:30 at Cape Town 2026 put Xoliswa Khoza & Athenkosi Mpomposhe 793rd of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 7:20. The race faded late: the second half went 7:02 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:54 in the roxzone was slower than 87% 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 16:27Running 1 11:06v median +6:06
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Block 02 12:59Running 2 10:57v median +4:17
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Block 03 17:16Running 3 11:22v median +4:25
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Block 04 23:40Running 4 11:58v median +5:00
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Block 05 18:41Running 5 12:03v median +5:00
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Block 06 15:09Running 6 12:22v median +5:23
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Block 07 23:36Running 7 12:14v median +5:12
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Block 08 23:56Running 8 16:16v median +9:08
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:54
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.