The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:01:10 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Sarie Rossouw & Theadora Marie Van Helden 465th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 39% of the field beaten on the runs, 5% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 7:11. The race faded late: the second half went 6:02 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 14:50Running 1 8:14v median +3:08
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Block 02 9:07Running 2 7:13v median +0:01
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Block 03 13:41Running 3 7:24v median +0:03
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Block 04 14:54Running 4 7:35v median +0:10
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Block 05 14:37Running 5 7:35v median +0:00
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Block 06 9:12Running 6 7:27v median −0:01
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Block 07 14:18Running 7 7:54v median +0:24
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Block 08 21:16Running 8 8:49v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:25
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.