The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:45:16 at Cape Town 2026 put Tessa Symmonds & Ethel Makovah 277th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 65% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 1:00 ahead of 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 10:49Running 1 6:09v median +1:14
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Block 02 9:56Running 2 8:18v median +1:34
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Block 03 12:48Running 3 8:49v median +1:53
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Block 04 13:20Running 4 8:43v median +1:44
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Block 05 14:17Running 5 8:53v median +1:46
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 9:08v median +2:00
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Block 07 12:26Running 7 8:32v median +1:20
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Block 08 13:09Running 8 9:21v median +2:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:30
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.