The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:05:50 at Cape Town 2026 put Lilitha Siwisa & Rufaro Kawelenga 366th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:52 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 14:26Running 1 9:18v median +4:23
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Block 02 11:22Running 2 9:25v median +2:41
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Block 03 14:04Running 3 9:50v median +2:54
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Block 04 16:15Running 4 9:41v median +2:42
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Block 05 15:21Running 5 9:55v median +2:48
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Block 06 12:44Running 6 10:30v median +3:22
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Block 07 15:00Running 7 10:44v median +3:32
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Block 08 18:38Running 8 10:58v median +3:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:07
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.