The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Taryn Gayle Long & Mauricia Edwards finished 322nd of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:55:10.
The runs carried this race: faster than 33% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:11. The race faded late: the second half went 4:30 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town ran slow: the 469 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 5:59 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:08Running 1 4:46v median −0:09
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 7:24v median +0:40
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Block 03 14:02Running 3 7:38v median +0:42
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Block 04 14:58Running 4 7:30v median +0:31
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 8:09v median +1:02
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Block 06 10:51Running 6 8:25v median +1:17
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Block 07 15:05Running 7 8:41v median +1:29
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 8:41v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:42
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.