The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mmarona Matshe & Letty Matjomane finished 387th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:51:05.
Legs and stations told different stories: 43% of the field beaten on the runs, 19% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 2:35. The race faded late: the second half went 2:25 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 9:57Running 1 4:48v median −0:18
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Block 02 9:09Running 2 6:56v median −0:16
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Block 03 13:29Running 3 7:35v median +0:14
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Block 04 15:16Running 4 7:38v median +0:13
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Block 05 14:34Running 5 8:12v median +0:37
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Block 06 10:50Running 6 8:31v median +1:03
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Block 07 12:36Running 7 8:09v median +0:39
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 9:03v median +0:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:00
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.