The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Bronwyn Darne & Nicola Temba finished 355th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:02:20.
A station race more than a running one: 59% of the field beaten on the stations, against 2% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:40 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:36 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 11:21Running 1 6:40v median +1:45
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Block 02 11:48Running 2 10:10v median +3:26
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Block 03 14:55Running 3 10:33v median +3:37
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Block 04 14:41Running 4 10:35v median +3:36
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Block 05 16:32Running 5 11:08v median +4:01
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Block 06 13:44Running 6 11:22v median +4:14
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Block 07 15:36Running 7 11:32v median +4:20
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Block 08 16:11Running 8 12:03v median +4:45
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:41
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.