The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, Bridgette Maritz & Erin Maritz crossed the line in 1:24:37: 114th of 399 women's teams, faster than 71% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 79% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 50% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:36 ahead of the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:37 behind the median.
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 8:59Running 1 4:10v median −0:45
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Block 02 7:40Running 2 5:44v median −1:00
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Block 03 10:28Running 3 5:52v median −1:04
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 5:57v median −1:02
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Block 05 12:05Running 5 6:13v median −0:54
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Block 06 7:45Running 6 5:53v median −1:15
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Block 07 9:37Running 7 6:04v median −1:08
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Block 08 11:05Running 8 6:29v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:28
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.