The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:37:45 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Chawa Mbakhwa 338th of 364 women in the Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 7:48 behind the median. A harder second half: 9:14 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 14:25 in the roxzone was slower than 97% of the field.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:29Running 1 4:48v median +0:10
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Block 02 11:59Running 2 7:25v median +0:52
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Block 03 18:42Running 3 7:15v median +0:21
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Block 04 23:06Running 4 8:21v median +1:25
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Block 05 15:16Running 5 8:39v median +1:30
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Block 06 13:35Running 6 8:44v median +1:45
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Block 07 22:29Running 7 8:54v median +1:56
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Block 08 26:52Running 8 11:38v median +3:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 14:25
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 338
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 338 women who finished.