The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Cape Town 2025, Anna Lawrence crossed the line in 1:23:43: 66th of 431 women, faster than 85% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 94% of the field beaten on the runs, 69% on the stations. Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 1:40 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:15 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.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:26Running 1 3:29v median −0:40
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Block 02 7:56Running 2 5:00v median −1:05
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Block 03 11:40Running 3 5:04v median −1:22
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Block 04 10:26Running 4 4:57v median −1:35
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Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:11v median −1:36
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Block 06 7:06Running 6 5:06v median −1:25
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Block 07 9:39Running 7 5:07v median −1:21
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Block 08 12:26Running 8 5:37v median −1:42
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:34
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.