The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Alicia Naudé & Charissa Naude finished 476th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:42:43.
A station race more than a running one: 58% of the field beaten on the stations, against 28% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the row, 0:57 behind the median. A harder second half: 3:56 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 9:37Running 1 4:55v median +0:09
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Block 02 8:33Running 2 6:58v median +0:18
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Block 03 12:04Running 3 7:34v median +0:41
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Block 04 13:04Running 4 8:14v median +1:19
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Block 05 14:34Running 5 8:13v median +1:09
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Block 06 9:58Running 6 8:22v median +1:24
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Block 07 12:07Running 7 8:36v median +1:38
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Block 08 13:25Running 8 9:08v median +1:28
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:29
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.