The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Jess Thompson & Mar-Li Van Der Merwe crossed the line in 1:25:38: 195th of 723 women's teams, faster than 73% of the field.
The burpee broad jumps were where this race was made, 1:23 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:15 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
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 8:46Running 1 4:14v median −0:32
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Block 02 7:37Running 2 6:04v median −0:36
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Block 03 10:54Running 3 6:10v median −0:43
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Block 04 9:53Running 4 6:37v median −0:18
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Block 05 11:54Running 5 6:34v median −0:30
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Block 06 8:04Running 6 6:39v median −0:19
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Block 07 10:04Running 7 6:34v median −0:24
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Block 08 11:50Running 8 7:07v median −0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:44
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.