The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Emile Van Den Boogaard & Johan Jacobs crossed the line in 1:16:29: 172nd of 477 men's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 55% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:07 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:29 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
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Block 01 7:25Running 1 3:30v median −0:29
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Block 02 6:46Running 2 5:00v median −0:33
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 6:11v median +0:14
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Block 04 8:27Running 4 6:21v median +0:21
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Block 05 11:02Running 5 6:36v median +0:23
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Block 06 7:32Running 6 6:06v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 5:54v median −0:06
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Block 08 11:01Running 8 6:16v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:20
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.