The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:16 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Ema Aruna & Gcobisa Ngodwane 424th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 1:47 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:10 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 13:15Running 1 8:26v median +3:20
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Block 02 9:54Running 2 7:41v median +0:29
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Block 03 12:59Running 3 7:31v median +0:10
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Block 04 13:24Running 4 7:59v median +0:34
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Block 05 14:42Running 5 8:22v median +0:47
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Block 06 11:15Running 6 8:50v median +1:22
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Block 07 13:38Running 7 8:20v median +0:50
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 9:31v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:44
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.