The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:07:43 won the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026 for Carmen Buchacher & Caity Perry, first of 560 women's teams.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:10 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:29 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 3:46, ahead of 99% of the field.
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 7:42Running 1 3:20v median −1:46
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 4:39v median −2:33
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Block 03 8:34Running 3 4:36v median −2:45
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Block 04 8:43Running 4 4:39v median −2:46
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Block 05 9:14Running 5 4:31v median −3:04
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Block 06 5:51Running 6 4:34v median −2:54
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Block 07 7:37Running 7 4:34v median −2:56
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Block 08 10:20Running 8 4:40v median −3:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 3:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 540
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 540 women's teams who finished.