The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Micaele Venter & Nina-Marié Botha finished 275th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:45:05.
A station race more than a running one: 48% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 0:43 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:01 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:15Running 1 4:21v median −0:34
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Block 02 10:55Running 2 9:26v median +2:42
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Block 03 15:33Running 3 11:22v median +4:26
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Block 04 12:39Running 4 7:32v median +0:33
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Block 05 13:30Running 5 8:29v median +1:22
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Block 06 9:19Running 6 7:37v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:04Running 7 8:31v median +1:19
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Block 08 13:07Running 8 7:36v median +0:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:51
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.