The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:49:32 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Yumna Benjamin & Zahraa Dirk 375th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 1:36 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:56 better 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 12:37Running 1 7:01v median +1:55
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Block 02 9:24Running 2 7:08v median −0:04
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Block 03 14:13Running 3 7:57v median +0:36
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Block 04 13:30Running 4 8:43v median +1:18
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Block 05 14:13Running 5 8:19v median +0:44
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Block 06 10:40Running 6 8:16v median +0:48
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 8:37v median +1:07
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 8:50v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:19
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.