The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lisa Basson & Niki van der Vyver finished 450th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 1:58:39.
On the sandbag lunges the field had the edge, by 1:38. A harder second half: 3:07 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 10:48Running 1 5:30v median +0:24
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Block 02 10:07Running 2 8:02v median +0:50
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Block 03 15:09Running 3 8:54v median +1:33
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Block 04 15:19Running 4 8:53v median +1:28
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Block 05 16:02Running 5 9:41v median +2:06
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Block 06 11:41Running 6 9:19v median +1:51
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Block 07 15:23Running 7 9:32v median +2:02
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Block 08 15:55Running 8 10:57v median +2:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:24
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.