The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Clarise Smit & Sharissa Smit finished 131st of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:22:03, faster than 82% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 98% of the field across all eight, against 60% on the runs. The race faded late: the second half went 3:24 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:06, ahead of 94% of the field.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 8:42 more than the average race this season, going by 392 teams who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:18Running 1 4:17v median −0:29
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 5:57v median −0:43
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Block 03 8:59Running 3 6:04v median −0:49
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Block 04 9:39Running 4 6:45v median −0:10
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Block 05 11:31Running 5 6:49v median −0:15
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 6:48v median −0:10
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Block 07 10:36Running 7 7:40v median +0:42
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Block 08 11:43Running 8 8:02v median +0:22
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:06
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.