The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Maryke Botha & Nicole Willemse crossed the line in 1:29:36: 259th of 723 women's teams, faster than 64% of the field.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:54 ahead of the median. Stronger after halfway: 1:27 better against the middle of the field than before it.
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 10:23Running 1 5:49v median +1:03
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Block 02 9:20Running 2 7:14v median +0:34
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Block 03 10:06Running 3 6:13v median −0:40
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Block 04 10:48Running 4 6:15v median −0:40
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Block 05 12:10Running 5 6:33v median −0:31
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Block 06 8:02Running 6 6:35v median −0:23
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Block 07 9:35Running 7 6:38v median −0:20
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Block 08 12:09Running 8 7:33v median −0:07
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:11
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.