The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Finn Elliot & Ross Nijland crossed the line in 1:09:49: 74th of 477 men's teams, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 90% of the field beaten on the runs, 53% on the stations. Quick through the roxzone: 4:55, ahead of 85% of the field.
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
-
Block 01 6:53Running 1 2:58v median −1:01
-
Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:42v median −0:51
-
Block 03 8:19Running 3 5:07v median −0:50
-
Block 04 7:55Running 4 5:01v median −0:59
-
Block 05 9:36Running 5 5:20v median −0:53
-
Block 06 6:42Running 6 5:08v median −0:53
-
Block 07 8:56Running 7 5:02v median −0:58
-
Block 08 10:00Running 8 5:17v median −1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:55
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.