The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Mashudu Raphunga & Sthsaba Mqhatu finished 265th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:21:36.
Legs and stations told different stories: 60% of the field beaten on the runs, 35% on the stations. The wall balls cost the most time: 1:00 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:06 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 7:25Running 1 3:34v median −0:25
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Block 02 7:21Running 2 5:21v median −0:12
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 5:30v median −0:27
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Block 04 9:28Running 4 5:36v median −0:24
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Block 05 10:25Running 5 6:05v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 7:06v median +1:05
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Block 07 8:39Running 7 5:21v median −0:39
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Block 08 12:14Running 8 6:26v median +0:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:33
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.