The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jean-Pierre Prinsloo & Elany Malan finished 423rd of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:40:50.
A station race more than a running one: 38% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 2:08 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 9:48 in the roxzone was slower than 89% 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 8:25Running 1 4:29v median +0:30
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Block 02 10:06Running 2 8:10v median +2:37
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Block 03 11:54Running 3 8:44v median +2:47
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Block 04 11:40Running 4 8:09v median +2:09
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Block 05 11:51Running 5 7:31v median +1:18
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Block 06 10:01Running 6 7:59v median +1:58
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Block 07 13:24Running 7 8:30v median +2:30
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Block 08 13:50Running 8 9:41v median +3:18
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:48
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.