The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:06 at Cape Town 2026 put Phefumlela Bam & Lungaka Ngewu 331st of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 12% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:25 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:54 better 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 11:54Running 1 6:40v median +1:45
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Block 02 10:51Running 2 9:02v median +2:18
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Block 03 14:30Running 3 9:13v median +2:17
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Block 04 15:34Running 4 9:29v median +2:30
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Block 05 15:09Running 5 9:20v median +2:13
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Block 06 11:12Running 6 9:09v median +2:01
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 9:38v median +2:26
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 9:19v median +2:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:28
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.