The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Emma-Jane Fuller & Francisca Nieuwoudt at Cape Town 1 2026: 1:20:44, 58th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 98% of the field across all eight, against 76% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:06 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 4:32, was faster than 94% of the field.
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 10:35Running 1 6:30v median +1:24
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Block 02 7:17Running 2 5:54v median −1:18
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 6:02v median −1:19
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:25v median −1:00
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Block 05 10:51Running 5 6:31v median −1:04
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Block 06 8:10Running 6 6:29v median −0:59
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Block 07 9:42Running 7 6:39v median −0:51
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Block 08 10:19Running 8 6:19v median −1:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:32
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.