The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Jenni Middleton finished 351st of 431 women in the Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 2:03:40.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the farmers carry the field had the edge, by 3:49. A harder second half: 2:24 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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. The fastest of 2 finishes in the Open division for Jenni Middleton.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:12Running 1 4:22v median +0:13
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Block 02 10:29Running 2 6:25v median +0:20
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Block 03 16:35Running 3 6:44v median +0:18
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Block 04 16:46Running 4 7:02v median +0:30
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Block 05 14:01Running 5 7:14v median +0:27
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Block 06 12:50Running 6 6:47v median +0:16
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Block 07 14:22Running 7 7:09v median +0:41
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Block 08 17:40Running 8 7:55v median +0:36
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:53
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.