The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:59:29 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Tsholofelo Maretela & Siphokazi Mpho Tyumre 164th of 191 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:33 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:56 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 13:05Running 1 7:45v median +2:41
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 7:35v median +0:32
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Block 03 14:50Running 3 8:33v median +1:20
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Block 04 17:18Running 4 13:12v median +5:55
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Block 05 16:09Running 5 10:01v median +2:32
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Block 06 11:55Running 6 10:07v median +2:47
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Block 07 13:27Running 7 10:08v median +2:47
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Block 08 14:43Running 8 10:14v median +2:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.