The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Xoliswa Sithole finished 342nd of 427 women in the Open division at Cape Town 2026, in 2:05:45.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 5:47. The race faded late: the second half went 3:53 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:48Running 1 4:34v median +0:01
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Block 02 9:23Running 2 6:01v median −0:17
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Block 03 16:02Running 3 6:54v median +0:11
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Block 04 18:29Running 4 6:26v median −0:17
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Block 05 13:45Running 5 6:35v median −0:15
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Block 06 10:03Running 6 6:43v median −0:01
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Block 07 16:03Running 7 7:03v median +0:17
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Block 08 21:38Running 8 8:23v median +1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 417
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 417 women who finished.