The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:40 at Cape Town 2025 put Hestia Bekker 239th of 431 women in the Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 79% of the field beaten on the stations, against 25% on the runs. The burpee broad jumps were the standout, 2:30 quicker than the median and 36th of 431. Stronger after halfway: 4:36 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 10:55Running 1 5:36v median +1:27
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 6:20v median +0:15
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Block 03 15:10Running 3 9:57v median +3:31
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Block 04 11:47Running 4 7:08v median +0:36
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Block 05 12:38Running 5 7:16v median +0:29
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Block 06 9:16Running 6 7:09v median +0:38
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Block 07 11:46Running 7 7:02v median +0:34
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Block 08 13:15Running 8 7:44v median +0:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:15
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.