The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Corlandi Bezuidenhout & Carla De Klerk crossed the line in 1:30:31: 280th of 723 women's teams, faster than 61% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 77% of the field beaten on the runs, 54% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:14 better against the middle of the field than the first. 10:42 in the roxzone was slower than 90% of the field.
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 10:13Running 1 5:41v median +0:55
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Block 02 7:13Running 2 5:41v median −0:59
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Block 03 11:04Running 3 5:49v median −1:04
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Block 04 10:49Running 4 6:08v median −0:47
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Block 05 11:46Running 5 6:15v median −0:49
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Block 06 7:37Running 6 6:04v median −0:54
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Block 07 9:09Running 7 5:45v median −1:13
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Block 08 12:06Running 8 6:45v median −0:55
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:42
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.