The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Boipelo Ngwenya & Nosipho Mkhize finished 442nd of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:57:30.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:42. The race faded late: the second half went 5:18 worse 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 10:07Running 1 5:01v median −0:05
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Block 02 10:00Running 2 7:35v median +0:23
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Block 03 14:07Running 3 8:37v median +1:16
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Block 04 15:53Running 4 8:30v median +1:05
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Block 05 15:12Running 5 9:22v median +1:47
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Block 06 11:17Running 6 9:11v median +1:43
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Block 07 14:12Running 7 8:56v median +1:26
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Block 08 18:29Running 8 9:31v median +1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:22
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.