The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tiffney Ortell finished 227th of 431 women in the Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:43:19.
The runs carried this race: faster than 66% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 2:31 behind the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:13 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Cape Town cost the whole field time: about 2:02 more than the average race this season, going by 203 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:54Running 1 4:22v median +0:13
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Block 02 9:06Running 2 5:49v median −0:16
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Block 03 12:30Running 3 5:56v median −0:30
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Block 04 15:46Running 4 6:06v median −0:26
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Block 05 12:49Running 5 6:18v median −0:29
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 5:56v median −0:35
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Block 07 12:55Running 7 5:45v median −0:43
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Block 08 15:17Running 8 6:55v median −0:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:14
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.