The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:37:23 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Karen Roets & Billie Zylstra 254th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 55% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 71% of the field beaten on the runs, 32% on the stations. The farmers carry cost the most time: 1:27 slower than the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:43 better against the middle of the field than the first.
This was a slow day in Cape Town 1. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:20Running 1 5:08v median +0:02
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Block 02 8:31Running 2 6:54v median −0:18
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Block 03 12:32Running 3 6:36v median −0:45
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Block 04 12:28Running 4 6:49v median −0:36
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Block 05 12:48Running 5 6:57v median −0:38
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Block 06 10:00Running 6 6:35v median −0:53
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Block 07 11:12Running 7 6:31v median −0:59
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Block 08 11:44Running 8 6:33v median −1:43
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:57
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.