The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Kyle Van Der Merwe & Marco Van Der Merwe at Cape Town 2025: 1:05:38, 31st of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 72% on the stations. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 0:45 quicker than the median and 34th of 477. Quick through the roxzone: 4:26, ahead of 95% 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 6:39Running 1 2:48v median −1:11
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Block 02 6:11Running 2 4:24v median −1:09
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Block 03 7:50Running 3 4:54v median −1:03
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Block 04 7:21Running 4 4:48v median −1:12
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Block 05 8:56Running 5 4:57v median −1:16
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:48v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:28Running 7 4:39v median −1:21
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Block 08 10:29Running 8 4:59v median −1:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:26
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.