The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:54:33 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Nonkcubeko Dlakavu & Masimbulele Qwele 419th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 13% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 4:53 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:19 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:53Running 1 5:18v median +0:12
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Block 02 9:28Running 2 7:11v median −0:01
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Block 03 12:55Running 3 7:21v median +0:00
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Block 04 18:21Running 4 11:00v median +3:35
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Block 05 13:17Running 5 7:37v median +0:02
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Block 06 9:52Running 6 7:41v median +0:13
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Block 07 13:00Running 7 7:51v median +0:21
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Block 08 19:23Running 8 9:14v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:32
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.