The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:00 at Cape Town 2025 put Matthew Esterhuizen & Vincent Ehlers 66th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 86% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 97% of the field beaten on the stations, against 75% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:00 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 3:52 better against the middle of the field than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:17.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:53Running 1 3:54v median −0:05
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Block 02 7:09Running 2 5:48v median +0:15
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Block 03 8:12Running 3 5:42v median −0:15
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Block 04 8:01Running 4 5:31v median −0:29
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Block 05 9:23Running 5 5:27v median −0:46
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Block 06 6:30Running 6 5:13v median −0:48
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 5:15v median −0:45
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Block 08 9:10Running 8 5:17v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:01
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.