The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:42 at Cape Town 2026 put Melissa Janse Van Rensburg & Aimee Puren 296th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:19. The race faded late: the second half went 2:54 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:25, behind 85% of the field.
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 10:31Running 1 5:29v median +0:34
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Block 02 9:33Running 2 7:27v median +0:43
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Block 03 12:44Running 3 8:26v median +1:30
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Block 04 13:15Running 4 8:37v median +1:38
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Block 05 14:38Running 5 8:55v median +1:48
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Block 06 11:02Running 6 9:01v median +1:53
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Block 07 13:56Running 7 8:28v median +1:16
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Block 08 13:45Running 8 9:12v median +1:54
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.