The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Hendrika Louw & Hester Du Toit at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:08:23, 2nd of 191 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:40 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:02 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 3:41, ahead of 99% of the field.
Cape Town 1 cost the whole field time: about 8:50 more than the average race this season, going by 399 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:05Running 1 3:34v median −1:30
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Block 02 6:26Running 2 4:50v median −2:13
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Block 03 8:05Running 3 5:01v median −2:12
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Block 04 8:41Running 4 5:06v median −2:11
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Block 05 10:06Running 5 5:07v median −2:22
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Block 06 6:39Running 6 5:07v median −2:13
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Block 07 7:39Running 7 5:03v median −2:18
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Block 08 9:09Running 8 5:19v median −2:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 183
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 183 women's teams who finished.