The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Jesse Van Der A & Justus Ykema crossed the line in 1:14:01: 142nd of 477 men's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:32 on the median. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 0:32. A harder second half: 3:49 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town ran slow: the 227 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 4:17 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 6:56Running 1 3:05v median −0:54
-
Block 02 5:51Running 2 4:31v median −1:02
-
Block 03 8:18Running 3 5:28v median −0:29
-
Block 04 8:31Running 4 5:18v median −0:42
-
Block 05 10:09Running 5 6:06v median −0:07
-
Block 06 7:50Running 6 6:12v median +0:11
-
Block 07 8:33Running 7 5:31v median −0:29
-
Block 08 11:49Running 8 6:29v median +0:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:14
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.