The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Jason Solomon & Nicol Vermeulen crossed the line in 1:16:43: 178th of 477 men's teams, faster than 63% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 88% of the field beaten on the stations, against 45% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:51 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:33 better against the middle of the field 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 8:08Running 1 4:06v median +0:07
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:50v median +0:17
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Block 03 9:00Running 3 6:28v median +0:31
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Block 04 8:51Running 4 6:29v median +0:29
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Block 05 10:44Running 5 6:28v median +0:15
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Block 06 7:27Running 6 6:07v median +0:06
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Block 07 9:27Running 7 6:22v median +0:22
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Block 08 10:10Running 8 6:11v median −0:12
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:32
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.