The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:05 at Cape Town 2026 put Thandi Mqalo & Nonkosazana Nyamakazi 361st of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 43% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 1% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 8:52 slower than the median. A harder second half: 5:23 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 5:59.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:11Running 1 4:55v median +0:00
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Block 02 9:16Running 2 6:59v median +0:15
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Block 03 11:53Running 3 5:32v median −1:24
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Block 04 20:57Running 4 7:25v median +0:26
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Block 05 15:18Running 5 7:53v median +0:46
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Block 06 9:47Running 6 7:48v median +0:40
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Block 07 15:40Running 7 8:18v median +1:06
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Block 08 21:14Running 8 8:27v median +1:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:59
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.