The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Leandri Van Biljon & Maroshell Odendaal finished 343rd of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 1:59:27.
The runs carried this race: faster than 39% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 3% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:11. The race faded late: the second half went 8:49 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 9:29Running 1 4:48v median −0:07
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Block 02 8:36Running 2 6:49v median +0:05
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Block 03 11:17Running 3 7:16v median +0:20
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Block 04 17:25Running 4 7:16v median +0:17
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Block 05 13:33Running 5 7:17v median +0:10
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Block 06 10:08Running 6 7:24v median +0:16
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Block 07 16:58Running 7 7:32v median +0:20
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Block 08 21:35Running 8 10:36v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:35
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.