The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, Jaime Van Rensburg & Olivia Smith crossed the line in 1:32:35: 328th of 723 women's teams, faster than 55% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 70% of the field across all eight, against 45% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 0:41 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:10 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a slow day in Cape Town. Measured against their other races this season, the people who raced here lost about 8:42.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:45Running 1 4:14v median −0:32
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Block 02 8:27Running 2 6:28v median −0:12
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Block 03 11:22Running 3 6:57v median +0:04
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Block 04 12:13Running 4 7:42v median +0:47
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Block 05 12:33Running 5 7:37v median +0:33
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Block 06 9:39Running 6 7:35v median +0:37
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Block 07 10:56Running 7 7:46v median +0:48
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Block 08 12:08Running 8 7:53v median +0:13
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:41
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.