The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Elsje Dreyer & Charne Fourie finished in the top 10% of the field at Cape Town 2025, in 1:15:52 for 47th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 96% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 75% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:15 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:15, was faster than 92% of the field.
Cape Town ran slow: the 392 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:04Running 1 3:41v median −1:05
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Block 02 6:59Running 2 5:16v median −1:24
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Block 03 9:25Running 3 5:21v median −1:32
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Block 04 10:25Running 4 5:23v median −1:32
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Block 05 10:32Running 5 5:28v median −1:36
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Block 06 7:15Running 6 5:26v median −1:32
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Block 07 8:12Running 7 5:21v median −1:37
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Block 08 9:53Running 8 5:34v median −2:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:15
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.