The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:33 at Cape Town 2026 put Carol Mmakola & Khanyisile Qwabe 298th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 3:47 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:13 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:29Running 1 4:57v median +0:02
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Block 02 10:09Running 2 7:18v median +0:34
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Block 03 12:47Running 3 8:04v median +1:08
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Block 04 13:44Running 4 7:41v median +0:42
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Block 05 14:15Running 5 8:07v median +1:00
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Block 06 10:32Running 6 8:15v median +1:07
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Block 07 13:24Running 7 8:08v median +0:56
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Block 08 17:06Running 8 8:31v median +1:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:16
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.