The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:04:37 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Bukelwa Hlati & Malungi Madlala 480th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 6:14. A harder second half: 4:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 14:04Running 1 9:06v median +4:00
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Block 02 10:17Running 2 7:56v median +0:44
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Block 03 13:16Running 3 7:57v median +0:36
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Block 04 16:47Running 4 7:49v median +0:24
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Block 05 14:36Running 5 8:24v median +0:49
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Block 06 10:35Running 6 8:45v median +1:17
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Block 07 14:50Running 7 8:23v median +0:53
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Block 08 21:27Running 8 9:57v median +1:41
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:52
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.