The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:43:47 at Cape Town 2025 put Dee Gerenger & Natalie Steenkamp 492nd of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 87% of the field beaten on the stations, against 14% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sled pull: 1:04 on the median. A harder second half: 3:30 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 8:26Running 1 4:21v median −0:25
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Block 02 10:31Running 2 9:04v median +2:24
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Block 03 12:49Running 3 9:13v median +2:20
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Block 04 12:45Running 4 9:09v median +2:14
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Block 05 14:35Running 5 9:10v median +2:06
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Block 06 10:23Running 6 9:09v median +2:11
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Block 07 12:11Running 7 8:56v median +1:58
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Block 08 14:42Running 8 10:04v median +2:24
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:33
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.