The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bianca Barlow & Kerin Helmbold finished 90th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:21:14, faster than 77% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:51 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:02Running 1 4:38v median −0:17
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 6:04v median −0:40
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Block 03 10:03Running 3 6:18v median −0:38
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Block 04 10:23Running 4 6:34v median −0:25
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Block 05 11:01Running 5 6:24v median −0:43
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Block 06 8:05Running 6 6:24v median −0:44
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Block 07 9:30Running 7 6:05v median −1:07
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 5:59v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:14
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.