The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Hugo Van Niekerk & Jody Julies crossed the line in 1:17:24: 191st of 477 men's teams, faster than 60% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 75% of the field across all eight, against 52% on the runs. The wall balls were the standout, 0:45 quicker than the median and 64th of 477. The race faded late: the second half went 2:00 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:12Running 1 3:25v median −0:34
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 4:58v median −0:35
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Block 03 8:40Running 3 5:43v median −0:14
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 6:24v median +0:24
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 7:08v median +0:55
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Block 06 7:46Running 6 6:05v median +0:04
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Block 07 9:54Running 7 6:33v median +0:33
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Block 08 10:11Running 8 6:08v median −0:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:15
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.