The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:44:18 at Cape Town 2026 put Nosiphelo Mahola & Busisiwe Mahola 794th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 9:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 8:46 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:15, 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 14:40Running 1 9:40v median +4:40
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Block 02 12:51Running 2 11:03v median +4:23
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Block 03 16:19Running 3 11:44v median +4:47
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Block 04 26:40Running 4 12:11v median +5:13
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Block 05 19:17Running 5 13:15v median +6:12
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Block 06 15:59Running 6 13:41v median +6:42
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Block 07 21:53Running 7 13:35v median +6:33
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Block 08 25:31Running 8 15:14v median +8:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:15
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.