The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Claire Black & Chanel Chapman crossed the line in 1:26:05: 114th of 560 women's teams, faster than 80% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 84% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:17 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:47 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 8:35Running 1 4:04v median −1:02
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Block 02 8:01Running 2 6:02v median −1:10
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Block 03 10:40Running 3 6:06v median −1:15
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Block 04 10:02Running 4 6:16v median −1:09
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Block 05 12:07Running 5 6:23v median −1:12
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Block 06 8:26Running 6 6:27v median −1:01
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Block 07 10:58Running 7 6:26v median −1:04
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 6:26v median −1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:02
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.