The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:55:38 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Brittany Van Zyl & Robyn-Lee Thirion 429th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 46% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 0:33. A harder second half: 2:18 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 10:00Running 1 4:55v median −0:11
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Block 02 11:36Running 2 9:38v median +2:26
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Block 03 14:33Running 3 10:07v median +2:46
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Block 04 15:27Running 4 10:29v median +3:04
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Block 05 16:52Running 5 10:49v median +3:14
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Block 06 13:19Running 6 11:04v median +3:36
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Block 07 12:58Running 7 8:12v median +0:42
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Block 08 14:20Running 8 9:13v median +0:57
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.