The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Steffie Shepherd & Dominique Shepherd crossed the line in 1:30:14: 68th of 191 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 81% of the field across all eight, against 53% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:15 on the median. A harder second half: 2:37 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:27Running 1 3:53v median −1:11
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Block 02 9:41Running 2 7:43v median +0:40
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Block 03 10:35Running 3 6:50v median −0:23
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Block 04 10:37Running 4 6:51v median −0:26
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Block 05 13:59Running 5 8:31v median +1:02
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Block 06 8:37Running 6 6:44v median −0:36
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Block 07 11:04Running 7 7:32v median +0:11
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Block 08 11:51Running 8 8:09v median +0:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:33
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.