The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:44:18 at Cape Town 2025 put Emma Von Benecke & Reolebogile Sachane 503rd of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 50% of the field beaten on the stations, against 27% on the runs. The sled pull cost the most time: 1:38 slower than the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:11 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:29Running 1 4:42v median −0:04
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Block 02 9:45Running 2 7:22v median +0:42
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Block 03 14:00Running 3 7:42v median +0:49
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Block 04 11:52Running 4 7:47v median +0:52
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Block 05 13:55Running 5 8:39v median +1:35
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Block 06 9:59Running 6 8:22v median +1:24
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Block 07 12:31Running 7 8:45v median +1:47
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Block 08 13:23Running 8 9:09v median +1:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:31
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.