The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:06:33 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Lungile Malukwe & Samantha Chareka 486th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 33% of the field beaten on the stations, against 9% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 10:40 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 11:18Running 1 6:17v median +1:11
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Block 02 12:09Running 2 9:52v median +2:40
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Block 03 14:50Running 3 9:50v median +2:29
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Block 04 16:06Running 4 10:04v median +2:39
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Block 05 17:31Running 5 11:28v median +3:53
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Block 06 12:22Running 6 10:14v median +2:46
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Block 07 15:12Running 7 10:06v median +2:36
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Block 08 16:34Running 8 10:54v median +2:38
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:40
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.