The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Rea Ratune & Philippa Newlands finished 448th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:58:17.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 11% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the sled pull, 0:55 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 1:27 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 10:30Running 1 5:35v median +0:29
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Block 02 10:52Running 2 8:40v median +1:28
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Block 03 15:36Running 3 10:01v median +2:40
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Block 04 15:47Running 4 10:16v median +2:51
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Block 05 15:43Running 5 10:19v median +2:44
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Block 06 12:06Running 6 10:20v median +2:52
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Block 07 14:11Running 7 10:15v median +2:45
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Block 08 16:23Running 8 11:16v median +3:00
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:18
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.