The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:36:40 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Melisa Cottle & Emily Norris 246th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 56% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:06 on the median. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:23 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:46 better 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 9:47Running 1 5:07v median +0:01
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 7:08v median −0:04
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Block 03 12:01Running 3 7:21v median +0:00
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Block 04 13:39Running 4 7:13v median −0:12
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Block 05 12:23Running 5 7:22v median −0:13
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Block 06 9:09Running 6 7:16v median −0:12
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Block 07 11:40Running 7 7:22v median −0:08
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Block 08 12:05Running 8 7:55v median −0:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:21
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.