The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:28 at Cape Town 2025 put Nicola Strauss & Rea Modise 489th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 24% on the runs. The sandbag lunges cost the most time: 0:44 slower than the median. A harder second half: 2:03 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
Cape Town ran slow: the 392 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 8:42 slower here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 12:27Running 1 7:35v median +2:49
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Block 02 9:08Running 2 7:09v median +0:29
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Block 03 11:47Running 3 7:27v median +0:34
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Block 04 12:23Running 4 7:23v median +0:28
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Block 05 13:37Running 5 8:17v median +1:13
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Block 06 9:46Running 6 8:16v median +1:18
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Block 07 13:07Running 7 8:32v median +1:34
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Block 08 14:29Running 8 9:01v median +1:21
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:52
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.