The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:48:34 at Cape Town 2025 put Atuweni Samwa & Tshego Phetla 554th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 57% of the field beaten on the stations, against 17% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the burpee broad jumps, 1:25 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:29 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 9:25Running 1 4:40v median −0:06
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Block 02 9:46Running 2 8:04v median +1:24
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Block 03 12:31Running 3 8:52v median +1:59
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Block 04 15:11Running 4 9:07v median +2:12
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Block 05 15:09Running 5 9:38v median +2:34
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Block 06 10:24Running 6 8:28v median +1:30
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Block 07 12:35Running 7 8:55v median +1:57
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Block 08 14:08Running 8 9:54v median +2:14
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:33
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.