The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Antony Ball & Christopher Ball finished 83rd of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:10:42, faster than 83% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 86% of the field beaten on the runs, 60% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 0:37 behind the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:16 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:17Running 1 3:21v median −0:38
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Block 02 6:09Running 2 4:50v median −0:43
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Block 03 8:23Running 3 5:01v median −0:56
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Block 04 8:58Running 4 5:08v median −0:52
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Block 05 9:28Running 5 5:16v median −0:57
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Block 06 6:48Running 6 5:19v median −0:42
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Block 07 8:15Running 7 5:10v median −0:50
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 5:39v median −0:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:07
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.