The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:33 at Cape Town 2026 put Jannika Van Niekerk & Chrizulene Van Niekerk 326th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:43 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:55Running 1 5:06v median +0:11
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Block 02 11:30Running 2 9:49v median +3:05
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Block 03 14:31Running 3 9:48v median +2:52
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Block 04 16:11Running 4 9:48v median +2:49
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Block 05 15:35Running 5 9:59v median +2:52
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Block 06 11:48Running 6 9:56v median +2:48
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Block 07 14:24Running 7 9:51v median +2:39
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Block 08 15:26Running 8 10:24v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:21
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.