The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tim Gildenhuys & Zander Van Niekerk finished 371st of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:31:37.
The stations carried this race: faster than 53% of the field across all eight, against 20% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:19 worse against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 9:18, 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 8:08Running 1 4:20v median +0:21
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Block 02 7:39Running 2 6:21v median +0:48
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Block 03 9:53Running 3 7:23v median +1:26
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 7:08v median +1:08
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Block 05 13:12Running 5 8:06v median +1:53
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Block 06 9:30Running 6 7:34v median +1:33
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Block 07 10:40Running 7 7:02v median +1:02
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Block 08 12:35Running 8 8:03v median +1:40
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:18
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.