The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:25 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Yolanda Mbegabolawe & Nokwenzeka Biyela 418th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 53% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:53 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 15:33 better 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 10:11Running 1 5:16v median +0:10
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Block 02 13:57Running 2 12:02v median +4:50
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Block 03 13:45Running 3 9:49v median +2:28
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Block 04 22:19Running 4 16:23v median +8:58
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Block 05 13:26Running 5 7:54v median +0:19
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Block 06 9:26Running 6 7:37v median +0:09
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Block 07 12:20Running 7 7:46v median +0:16
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Block 08 12:56Running 8 8:16v median +0:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:13
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.