The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Elizma De Bruin & Minke Van Heerden crossed the line in 1:18:56: 82nd of 723 women's teams, faster than 89% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 0:31 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:51 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 8:03Running 1 3:22v median −1:24
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Block 02 6:57Running 2 5:13v median −1:27
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Block 03 10:30Running 3 5:23v median −1:30
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Block 04 10:15Running 4 5:25v median −1:30
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Block 05 10:50Running 5 5:12v median −1:52
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Block 06 6:53Running 6 5:16v median −1:42
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Block 07 9:04Running 7 5:10v median −1:48
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Block 08 10:15Running 8 5:51v median −1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:18
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.