The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:50:29 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Dori Bell & Misha Els 382nd of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 1:26 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:40 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 11:12Running 1 5:52v median +0:46
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 7:54v median +0:42
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Block 03 13:02Running 3 8:01v median +0:40
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Block 04 12:39Running 4 7:39v median +0:14
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Block 05 14:26Running 5 8:24v median +0:49
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Block 06 9:40Running 6 7:40v median +0:12
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Block 07 14:28Running 7 8:49v median +1:19
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 8:51v median +0:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.