The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hennie Du Plessis & Richter Van Rooyen finished 352nd of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:29:47.
A station race more than a running one: 47% of the field beaten on the stations, against 22% on the runs. The wall balls were where this race was made, 0:45 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 5:13 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 10:43Running 1 6:32v median +2:33
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Block 02 8:50Running 2 6:47v median +1:14
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Block 03 10:32Running 3 6:53v median +0:56
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 6:51v median +0:51
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Block 05 11:09Running 5 6:56v median +0:43
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Block 06 8:30Running 6 6:52v median +0:51
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Block 07 10:38Running 7 6:52v median +0:52
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Block 08 11:24Running 8 7:21v median +0:58
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:55
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.