The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Aimee Affleck & Victoria Sutherland finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:20:33 for 56th 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 71% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:28 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:01 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 8:57Running 1 4:05v median −1:01
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Block 02 7:14Running 2 5:29v median −1:43
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Block 03 9:38Running 3 5:19v median −2:02
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Block 04 9:23Running 4 5:32v median −1:53
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Block 05 11:20Running 5 5:32v median −2:03
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Block 06 7:29Running 6 5:40v median −1:48
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Block 07 8:28Running 7 5:43v median −1:47
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Block 08 11:42Running 8 6:09v median −2:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:31
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.