The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Emma Swanson & Sydney Swanson finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:20:47 for 59th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:24 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 2:59 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:47, was faster than 90% 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 8:42Running 1 4:13v median −0:53
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 5:42v median −1:30
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Block 03 9:10Running 3 5:47v median −1:34
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Block 04 9:41Running 4 6:02v median −1:23
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Block 05 11:50Running 5 6:42v median −0:53
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Block 06 8:49Running 6 7:01v median −0:27
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Block 07 9:49Running 7 6:37v median −0:53
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Block 08 10:52Running 8 6:52v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:47
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.