The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Erik Bernhardt & Miche Groenewald finished 449th of 477 men's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:46:21.
A station race more than a running one: 25% of the field beaten on the stations, against 5% on the runs. A harder second half: 3:57 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 10:44 in the roxzone was slower than 93% 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 11:38Running 1 7:04v median +3:05
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Block 02 8:54Running 2 7:03v median +1:30
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Block 03 11:03Running 3 7:33v median +1:36
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 8:22v median +2:22
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Block 05 13:46Running 5 8:45v median +2:32
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:16v median +2:15
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Block 07 11:21Running 7 7:39v median +1:39
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Block 08 17:13Running 8 11:44v median +5:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:44
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.