The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jovanet Van Der Merwe & Stephanie Oosthuizen finished 368th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:07:13.
The stations carried this race: faster than 34% of the field across all eight, against 3% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:25 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:45 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 11:43Running 1 7:07v median +2:12
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Block 02 12:19Running 2 10:25v median +3:41
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Block 03 14:52Running 3 10:30v median +3:34
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Block 04 16:56Running 4 10:51v median +3:52
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Block 05 16:02Running 5 10:33v median +3:26
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Block 06 13:42Running 6 11:13v median +4:05
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Block 07 16:29Running 7 11:13v median +4:01
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Block 08 16:15Running 8 11:05v median +3:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:03
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.