The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Keanu Goss & Christoffel Johannes Bester Nel finished 175th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:16:32, faster than 63% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 72% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 52% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:50 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:42 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 7:28Running 1 3:33v median −0:26
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Block 02 6:20Running 2 4:58v median −0:35
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Block 03 8:42Running 3 5:22v median −0:35
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Block 04 8:46Running 4 5:27v median −0:33
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Block 05 10:42Running 5 6:17v median +0:04
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Block 06 7:10Running 6 5:42v median −0:19
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Block 07 8:21Running 7 5:18v median −0:42
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Block 08 11:39Running 8 6:01v median −0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.