The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tracy Gooch & Megan Gooch finished 261st of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:43:13.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 23% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:33. A harder second half: 5:33 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 9:47Running 1 5:05v median +0:10
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Block 02 8:41Running 2 6:49v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:20Running 3 6:55v median −0:01
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 7:22v median +0:23
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Block 05 13:28Running 5 8:17v median +1:10
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 7:15v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:57Running 7 7:23v median +0:11
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Block 08 17:51Running 8 8:30v median +1:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.