The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nomawethu Maqethuka & Nonkosana Nyamakazi finished 190th of 191 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:31:28.
Legs and stations told different stories: 22% of the field beaten on the runs, 1% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 16:00 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:15 worse 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 11:21Running 1 5:36v median +0:32
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Block 02 10:45Running 2 7:53v median +0:50
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Block 03 16:26Running 3 8:31v median +1:18
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Block 04 30:34Running 4 9:33v median +2:16
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Block 05 16:30Running 5 9:22v median +1:53
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Block 06 11:32Running 6 8:43v median +1:23
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Block 07 16:40Running 7 8:51v median +1:30
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Block 08 28:25Running 8 10:13v median +2:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:22
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.