The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:40:53 at Cape Town 2025 put Lorenzo Napoli & Matthew Beneke 424th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 32% of the field beaten on the stations, against 8% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:05 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 9:42 in the roxzone was slower than 89% of the field.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 4:17.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:17Running 1 4:17v median +0:18
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Block 02 8:13Running 2 6:40v median +1:07
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Block 03 11:58Running 3 8:34v median +2:37
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Block 04 12:44Running 4 8:28v median +2:28
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Block 05 13:14Running 5 8:19v median +2:06
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Block 06 9:44Running 6 8:16v median +2:15
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Block 07 12:37Running 7 8:41v median +2:41
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Block 08 14:34Running 8 9:29v median +3:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:42
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.