The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Ané De Villiers & Sacha Doyle crossed the line in 1:26:36: 217th of 723 women's teams, faster than 70% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 77% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 3:03 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 8:16Running 1 3:44v median −1:02
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Block 02 7:20Running 2 5:26v median −1:14
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Block 03 10:52Running 3 5:54v median −0:59
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Block 04 10:36Running 4 6:11v median −0:44
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Block 05 12:04Running 5 6:54v median −0:10
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Block 06 7:55Running 6 6:13v median −0:45
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Block 07 10:19Running 7 6:31v median −0:27
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Block 08 12:24Running 8 7:01v median −0:39
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:57
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.