The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Samantha Heystek & Cassandra Hawrylkiewicz crossed the line in 1:28:03: 152nd of 560 women's teams, faster than 73% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 82% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:15 ahead of the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town 1 ran slow: the 399 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:50 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:33Running 1 4:31v median −0:35
-
Block 02 7:54Running 2 6:20v median −0:52
-
Block 03 10:09Running 3 6:06v median −1:15
-
Block 04 10:08Running 4 6:20v median −1:05
-
Block 05 11:16Running 5 6:25v median −1:10
-
Block 06 8:27Running 6 6:23v median −1:05
-
Block 07 11:41Running 7 6:15v median −1:15
-
Block 08 11:55Running 8 6:40v median −1:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.