The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Louis Schoonbee & Deon Louw crossed the line in 1:14:02: 143rd of 477 men's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 58% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 1:26 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:54, ahead of 86% 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
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Block 01 7:22Running 1 3:40v median −0:19
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Block 02 6:32Running 2 5:14v median −0:19
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Block 03 8:58Running 3 5:51v median −0:06
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Block 04 8:16Running 4 5:51v median −0:09
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Block 05 10:07Running 5 5:44v median −0:29
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Block 06 8:59Running 6 7:35v median +1:34
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Block 07 8:47Running 7 5:26v median −0:34
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Block 08 10:14Running 8 5:49v median −0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:54
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.