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South Africa / Cape Town 2025 / Doubles Open · Men / Season 8 (2025/26)

Ruan Taljaard & Ewan Visser — Cape Town 2025

Ruan Taljaard Ewan Visser
M 25-29 n = 477
Finish · net time
1:17:32
−2:47 v median 1:20:19
Course +4:17 v season average ±1:47 · 227 teams
Men
195/477
25-29
55/123
Field beaten
59%

The race, in three figures

Field beaten
46%
Runs
82%
Stations
Biggest gain
80m Burpee Broad Jump
−0:46
v median
62/477
Rank
Biggest loss
1000m SkiErg
+0:09
v median
325/477
Rank

The race, in words

1:17:32 at Cape Town 2025 put Ruan Taljaard & Ewan Visser 195th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 59% of the field.

A station race more than a running one: 82% of the field beaten on the stations, against 46% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 0:46 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:52 better against the middle of the field than the first.

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

  1. Block 01 8:44
    Running 1 4:37
    v median +0:38
    1000m SkiErg 4:07
    v median +0:09
  2. Block 02 7:40
    Running 2 6:17
    v median +0:44
    50m Sled Push 1:23
    v median −0:13
  3. Block 03 8:57
    Running 3 6:23
    v median +0:26
    50m Sled Pull 2:34
    v median −0:38
  4. Block 04 8:45
    Running 4 6:18
    v median +0:18
    80m Burpee Broad Jump 2:27
    v median −0:46
  5. Block 05 10:49
    Running 5 6:19
    v median +0:06
    1000m Row 4:30
    v median −0:03
  6. Block 06 7:35
    Running 6 6:08
    v median +0:07
    200m Farmers Carry 1:27
    v median −0:08
  7. Block 07 9:01
    Running 7 5:44
    v median −0:16
    100m Sandbag Lunges 3:17
    v median −0:17
  8. Block 08 10:21
    Running 8 6:05
    v median −0:18
    Wall Balls 4:16
    v median −0:32

Roxzone, per block

Approach · Exit 5:48

B1 · 1000m SkiErg
0:43
0:06 0:37
B2 · 50m Sled Push
0:36
0:06 0:30
B3 · 50m Sled Pull
0:43
0:13 0:30
B4 · 80m Burpee Broad Jump
0:56
0:41 0:15
B5 · 1000m Row
0:46
0:25 0:21
B6 · 200m Farmers Carry
1:13
0:53 0:20
B7 · 100m Sandbag Lunges
0:52
0:43 0:09
B8 · Wall Balls
—
No mats

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.

10:00 5:00 5:00 10:00 SkiErg Sled Push Sled Pull Burpee Broad Jump Row Farmers Carry Sandbag Lunges Finish Middle ↑ You ahead ↓ Field ahead 2:36
You ahead Field ahead Middle half · 25th–75th Crossed the middle · 1 Finish · 2:36 ahead

Elsewhere

The board

Doubles Open · Men at Cape Town 2025

See this race on page 4
Other races by this team
Source Official
Event
Cape Town 2025
Division
HYROX DOUBLES
Contest
HD_LR3MS4JIC31
Measured against
Men · n = 477