The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Vicky Welham & Sarah Swarbreck finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2025, in 1:14:34 for 36th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 better against the middle of the field than before it. Quick through the roxzone: 4:54, ahead of 96% 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 8:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:18Running 1 3:38v median −1:08
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Block 02 6:49Running 2 5:14v median −1:26
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Block 03 9:24Running 3 5:12v median −1:41
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Block 04 9:22Running 4 5:17v median −1:38
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Block 05 10:12Running 5 5:14v median −1:50
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Block 06 7:03Running 6 5:20v median −1:38
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Block 07 8:23Running 7 5:07v median −1:51
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Block 08 10:18Running 8 5:27v median −2:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:54
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 704
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 704 women's teams who finished.