The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:28:22 at Cape Town 2025 put Merylene Schoeman & Vicki Van Wyk 242nd of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 67% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 88% of the field across all eight, against 47% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:11 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:09 better against the middle of the field than the first.
Cape Town ran slow: the 392 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 11:20Running 1 6:52v median +2:06
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Block 02 8:04Running 2 6:30v median −0:10
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Block 03 10:31Running 3 7:02v median +0:09
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 6:53v median −0:02
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Block 05 11:33Running 5 6:56v median −0:08
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Block 06 8:41Running 6 6:51v median −0:07
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Block 07 9:59Running 7 6:58v median +0:00
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Block 08 11:47Running 8 7:30v median −0:10
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:45
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.