The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michelle Masilo finished 277th of 431 women in the Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:49:15.
Legs and stations told different stories: 48% of the field beaten on the runs, 28% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 1:56. The race faded late: the second half went 3:43 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:22Running 1 3:55v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:47Running 2 6:12v median +0:07
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Block 03 13:09Running 3 6:52v median +0:26
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Block 04 15:21Running 4 6:28v median −0:04
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Block 05 14:10Running 5 6:53v median +0:06
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Block 06 8:51Running 6 6:17v median −0:14
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Block 07 12:45Running 7 6:13v median −0:15
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Block 08 17:51Running 8 8:42v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:08
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.