The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Lesyl Potgieter finished 63rd of 431 women in the Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:23:30, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 68% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:17 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:18 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cape Town ran slow: the 203 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 2:02 slower here than at their other races. Lesyl Potgieter's fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:40Running 1 3:25v median −0:44
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Block 02 7:51Running 2 4:53v median −1:12
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Block 03 11:18Running 3 5:06v median −1:20
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Block 04 10:54Running 4 5:02v median −1:30
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Block 05 11:14Running 5 5:07v median −1:40
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Block 06 6:46Running 6 5:01v median −1:30
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 4:53v median −1:35
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Block 08 11:37Running 8 5:31v median −1:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:41
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 425
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 425 women who finished.