The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nokuthula Mthethwa & Zinhle Ndaba finished 280th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:45:33.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:31 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:21 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 10:30Running 1 5:09v median +0:14
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Block 02 9:02Running 2 6:52v median +0:08
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Block 03 13:53Running 3 6:48v median −0:08
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Block 04 13:43Running 4 6:55v median −0:04
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Block 05 13:03Running 5 7:18v median +0:11
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Block 06 9:33Running 6 7:30v median +0:22
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Block 07 12:52Running 7 7:17v median +0:05
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 7:51v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:43
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.