The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:16:16 at Cape Town 2026 put Sandi Brown & Melinda Pelser 52nd of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 87% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 91% of the field beaten on the runs, 70% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:54 on the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:22, was faster than 92% 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 8:44Running 1 3:46v median −1:09
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Block 02 6:40Running 2 5:09v median −1:35
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Block 03 9:18Running 3 5:35v median −1:21
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Block 04 9:25Running 4 5:34v median −1:25
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Block 05 10:47Running 5 5:50v median −1:17
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Block 06 7:20Running 6 5:32v median −1:36
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Block 07 8:51Running 7 5:36v median −1:36
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Block 08 10:55Running 8 5:36v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:22
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.