The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:15:14 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Ongezwa Kula & Thulisile Cele 521st of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The stations carried this race: faster than 25% of the field across all eight, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 2:54 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 11:24, behind 93% 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 10:38Running 1 5:15v median +0:09
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Block 02 12:07Running 2 9:39v median +2:27
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Block 03 19:01Running 3 13:10v median +5:49
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Block 04 16:16Running 4 10:31v median +3:06
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Block 05 17:44Running 5 11:00v median +3:25
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Block 06 11:35Running 6 9:42v median +2:14
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Block 07 17:23Running 7 13:08v median +5:38
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Block 08 19:13Running 8 12:36v median +4:20
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:24
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.