The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shauna Carter & Lara Faulds finished 182nd of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:30:07, faster than 68% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 83% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. On the sled pull the field had the edge, by 1:11. Stronger after halfway: 1:11 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 9:18Running 1 4:19v median −0:47
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Block 02 7:41Running 2 5:44v median −1:28
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Block 03 11:46Running 3 5:55v median −1:26
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Block 04 11:51Running 4 6:23v median −1:02
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Block 05 12:12Running 5 6:42v median −0:53
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:10v median −1:18
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Block 07 10:24Running 7 6:22v median −1:08
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Block 08 12:48Running 8 6:52v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.