The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zezethu Mjwana & Owethu Maholwana finished 798th of 798 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 3:16:48.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 19:38. The race faded late: the second half went 24:32 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 12:24, behind 96% 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 13:21Running 1 7:14v median +2:14
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Block 02 15:01Running 2 12:27v median +5:47
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Block 03 21:09Running 3 13:21v median +6:24
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Block 04 29:00Running 4 13:18v median +6:20
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Block 05 21:43Running 5 14:03v median +7:00
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Block 06 16:13Running 6 13:39v median +6:40
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Block 07 38:53Running 7 15:13v median +8:11
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Block 08 29:13Running 8 19:25v median +12:17
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:24
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.