The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:26:05 at Cape Town 2025 put Christiaan Joubert & Wouter Van Der Merwe 313th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:07 better 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 8:51Running 1 4:38v median +0:39
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Block 02 8:21Running 2 6:54v median +1:21
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Block 03 9:54Running 3 7:05v median +1:08
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:53v median +0:53
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Block 05 11:22Running 5 7:01v median +0:48
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Block 06 8:18Running 6 6:51v median +0:50
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Block 07 10:03Running 7 6:35v median +0:35
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Block 08 11:57Running 8 7:34v median +1:11
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.