The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:10:17 at Cape Town 2026 put Sihle Mbulawa & Esther Opone 377th of 399 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 3:26. The race faded late: the second half went 1:07 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 11:55 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 14:31Running 1 8:28v median +3:33
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Block 02 10:22Running 2 8:07v median +1:23
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Block 03 13:48Running 3 8:09v median +1:13
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Block 04 16:43Running 4 8:37v median +1:38
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Block 05 20:13Running 5 14:16v median +7:09
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Block 06 11:05Running 6 8:49v median +1:41
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Block 07 15:44Running 7 9:33v median +2:21
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Block 08 16:04Running 8 10:27v median +3:09
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:55
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.