The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Nicole Van Rooyen & Bridgette Mcmahon finished 469th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:42:23.
A station race more than a running one: 49% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. A remarkably even set of stations, none more than 0:16 from the median. A harder second half: 3:48 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway 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 9:33Running 1 4:32v median −0:14
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Block 02 9:03Running 2 7:00v median +0:20
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Block 03 12:36Running 3 7:43v median +0:50
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Block 04 12:33Running 4 8:01v median +1:06
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Block 05 13:37Running 5 8:00v median +0:56
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:13v median +1:15
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Block 07 13:06Running 7 9:15v median +2:17
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Block 08 14:24Running 8 9:30v median +1:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:40
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.