The race, in three figures
The race, in words
2:21:49 at Cape Town 1 2026 put Thamara Coetzer & Neo Phungo 534th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:51 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:41 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:57, behind 85% 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 11:57Running 1 6:38v median +1:32
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Block 02 13:04Running 2 10:46v median +3:34
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Block 03 18:12Running 3 12:13v median +4:52
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Block 04 20:01Running 4 12:07v median +4:42
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Block 05 18:36Running 5 12:29v median +4:54
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Block 06 14:22Running 6 12:00v median +4:32
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Block 07 16:43Running 7 11:56v median +4:26
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Block 08 19:06Running 8 13:11v median +4:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:57
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.