The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rebecca Scheepers & Jessica Skead finished 220th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:37:09.
A station race more than a running one: 78% of the field beaten on the stations, against 34% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:49 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:14Running 1 4:53v median −0:02
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Block 02 8:18Running 2 6:53v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:23Running 3 8:23v median +1:27
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 8:42v median +1:43
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Block 05 12:22Running 5 7:42v median +0:35
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Block 06 10:23Running 6 8:28v median +1:20
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Block 07 11:05Running 7 7:45v median +0:33
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Block 08 12:21Running 8 8:03v median +0:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.