The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Shaun Dippnall & Patrick Atherton finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2025, in 1:04:11 for 25th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 75% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:19 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:09, ahead of 97% of the field.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 4:17 more than the average race this season, going by 227 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 4:29v median +0:30
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Block 02 5:25Running 2 4:12v median −1:21
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Block 03 7:12Running 3 4:33v median −1:24
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Block 04 7:21Running 4 4:30v median −1:30
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Block 05 8:43Running 5 4:33v median −1:40
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:26v median −1:35
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Block 07 7:19Running 7 4:12v median −1:48
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Block 08 9:44Running 8 4:24v median −1:59
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:09
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 460
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 460 men's teams who finished.