The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Paul Ward & Menzi Ndhlovu finished 345th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:29:21.
A station race more than a running one: 66% of the field beaten on the stations, against 19% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 7:53 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 8:15Running 1 4:23v median +0:24
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Block 02 7:34Running 2 6:07v median +0:34
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Block 03 9:35Running 3 6:15v median +0:18
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Block 04 9:08Running 4 5:59v median −0:01
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:23v median +1:10
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Block 06 12:19Running 6 10:59v median +4:58
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Block 07 12:15Running 7 8:43v median +2:43
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Block 08 11:21Running 8 6:57v median +0:34
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:12
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.