The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Aneska Lombard & Burnedette Breytenbach at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:19:50, 53rd of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 74% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:03 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:04 better against the middle of the field 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 8:58Running 1 4:13v median −0:53
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:37v median −1:35
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Block 03 9:42Running 3 5:38v median −1:43
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Block 04 9:43Running 4 5:43v median −1:42
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:28v median −2:07
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Block 06 7:30Running 6 5:36v median −1:52
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Block 07 8:57Running 7 5:29v median −2:01
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Block 08 10:25Running 8 5:25v median −2:51
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:39
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.