The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Deidre Samson & Erica Truscott finished 70th of 191 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:31:01, faster than 63% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 75% of the field beaten on the runs, 42% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 2:07 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 6:04 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 11:32Running 1 6:25v median +1:21
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Block 02 7:46Running 2 5:54v median −1:09
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Block 03 13:12Running 3 6:21v median −0:52
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 6:20v median −0:57
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Block 05 11:27Running 5 6:16v median −1:13
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Block 06 8:23Running 6 6:12v median −1:08
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Block 07 10:16Running 7 6:13v median −1:08
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Block 08 11:08Running 8 6:39v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:47
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.