The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Merle Mansfield & Khayakazi Namfu finished 539th of 560 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 1 2026, in 2:23:50.
If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 4:00 behind the median. A harder second half: 6:50 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 12:06, behind 95% 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 11:12Running 1 6:00v median +0:54
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Block 02 12:24Running 2 9:19v median +2:07
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Block 03 16:55Running 3 10:24v median +3:03
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Block 04 19:49Running 4 10:46v median +3:21
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Block 05 17:54Running 5 11:10v median +3:35
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Block 06 13:14Running 6 11:06v median +3:38
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Block 07 18:09Running 7 11:13v median +3:43
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Block 08 22:15Running 8 13:03v median +4:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:06
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.