The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daniel Palm & Richardt Tait finished 286th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:23:16.
A station race more than a running one: 67% of the field beaten on the stations, against 35% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:19 from the median. A harder second half: 5:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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
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Block 01 7:19Running 1 3:38v median −0:21
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Block 02 6:39Running 2 5:13v median −0:20
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Block 03 8:43Running 3 5:50v median −0:07
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 6:43v median +0:43
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Block 05 11:53Running 5 7:18v median +1:05
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Block 06 8:20Running 6 7:01v median +1:00
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Block 07 10:44Running 7 7:09v median +1:09
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Block 08 13:03Running 8 8:09v median +1:46
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:57
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.