The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, Shannon Connoway & Mariandi Steenkamp crossed the line in 1:36:25: 244th of 560 women's teams, faster than 56% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 64% of the field beaten on the runs, 41% on the stations. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:47 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:09 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
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Block 01 9:39Running 1 4:46v median −0:20
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Block 02 8:59Running 2 6:37v median −0:35
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Block 03 11:43Running 3 6:34v median −0:47
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 7:03v median −0:22
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Block 05 13:01Running 5 7:29v median −0:06
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Block 06 8:57Running 6 6:55v median −0:33
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Block 07 12:49Running 7 7:49v median +0:19
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Block 08 12:31Running 8 7:06v median −1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:30
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.