The race, in three figures
The race, in words
El-Mari Smook & Mandi Franken finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2026, in 1:14:52 for 39th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:07 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:17, was faster than 93% 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 8:09Running 1 3:41v median −1:14
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Block 02 6:56Running 2 5:30v median −1:14
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Block 03 9:02Running 3 5:35v median −1:21
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 5:38v median −1:21
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Block 05 10:28Running 5 5:49v median −1:18
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:55v median −1:13
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Block 07 9:23Running 7 5:57v median −1:15
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Block 08 9:28Running 8 5:47v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:17
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.