The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Karla Wagenaar & Elzette Gunter crossed the line in 1:32:46: 203rd of 560 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 81% of the field across all eight, against 56% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the row: 0:50 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:18 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 8:51Running 1 4:27v median −0:39
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 7:02v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:58Running 3 7:02v median −0:19
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Block 04 11:55Running 4 7:21v median −0:04
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Block 05 12:18Running 5 7:34v median −0:01
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Block 06 9:18Running 6 7:35v median +0:07
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Block 07 11:38Running 7 7:36v median +0:06
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Block 08 12:30Running 8 8:01v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:58
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.