The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Daryn Chalmers & Patrick O'Brien finished 319th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:26:53.
A station race more than a running one: 71% of the field beaten on the stations, against 29% on the runs. A harder second half: 1:51 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. The roxzone cost time: 9:20, behind 85% of the field.
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 8:09Running 1 4:23v median +0:24
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Block 02 8:02Running 2 6:15v median +0:42
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 6:33v median +0:36
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Block 04 9:48Running 4 6:49v median +0:49
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Block 05 12:03Running 5 7:19v median +1:06
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Block 06 8:13Running 6 6:52v median +0:51
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Block 07 10:23Running 7 6:54v median +0:54
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Block 08 12:02Running 8 7:26v median +1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:20
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.