The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aesja Smit & Melissa Van Den Berg finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:13:28 for 30th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:28 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:09, was faster than 95% 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 8:24Running 1 3:40v median −1:15
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Block 02 6:34Running 2 4:57v median −1:47
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Block 03 9:06Running 3 5:23v median −1:33
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Block 04 8:34Running 4 5:22v median −1:37
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Block 05 10:45Running 5 5:34v median −1:33
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Block 06 7:16Running 6 5:24v median −1:44
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Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:43v median −1:29
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Block 08 9:52Running 8 5:32v median −1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:09
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 389
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 389 women's teams who finished.