The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Kayla Van Rooyen & Jadene Malherbe crossed the line in 1:24:22: 43rd of 191 women's teams, faster than 78% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 95% of the field across all eight, against 73% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 2:29 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:15 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town 1 ran slow: the 399 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:50 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:23Running 1 4:51v median −0:13
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 6:28v median −0:35
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Block 03 10:39Running 3 6:26v median −0:47
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Block 04 9:58Running 4 6:33v median −0:44
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Block 05 11:56Running 5 6:58v median −0:31
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Block 06 8:08Running 6 6:27v median −0:53
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Block 07 8:19Running 7 6:46v median −0:35
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Block 08 10:32Running 8 6:27v median −1:31
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.