The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Emma De Beer & Jessica Kruger crossed the line in 1:23:40: 156th of 723 women's teams, faster than 78% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 86% of the field beaten on the stations, against 66% on the runs. Stronger after halfway: 2:41 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 5:31, was faster than 88% 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 11:36Running 1 7:12v median +2:26
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Block 02 7:35Running 2 6:11v median −0:29
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 6:11v median −0:42
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Block 04 9:35Running 4 6:04v median −0:51
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Block 05 11:28Running 5 6:14v median −0:50
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Block 06 7:59Running 6 6:08v median −0:50
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Block 07 9:55Running 7 6:11v median −0:47
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Block 08 10:06Running 8 6:37v median −1:03
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:31
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.