The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shene Arends & Celeste Van Harten finished 411th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:53:34.
Legs and stations told different stories: 41% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 4:04 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:36 worse 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 10:18Running 1 5:08v median +0:02
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Block 02 9:26Running 2 7:30v median +0:18
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Block 03 13:36Running 3 7:33v median +0:12
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Block 04 16:50Running 4 7:43v median +0:18
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Block 05 14:11Running 5 7:58v median +0:23
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Block 06 10:14Running 6 7:56v median +0:28
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Block 07 14:06Running 7 8:03v median +0:33
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Block 08 17:42Running 8 9:26v median +1:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:20
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.