The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:56:40 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Natasha Van Niekerk & Phumelela Mekuto 437th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 15% on the runs. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:01 slower than the median. A harder second half: 1:36 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town 1. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:50.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 13:16Running 1 8:31v median +3:25
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Block 02 10:01Running 2 8:19v median +1:07
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Block 03 13:19Running 3 9:07v median +1:46
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Block 04 14:24Running 4 9:19v median +1:54
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Block 05 15:11Running 5 9:32v median +1:57
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Block 06 11:10Running 6 9:10v median +1:42
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Block 07 13:57Running 7 9:49v median +2:19
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Block 08 16:17Running 8 10:00v median +1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:14
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.