The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Samke Zwide & Lungile KaMageba finished 559th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:48:57.
Legs and stations told different stories: 40% of the field beaten on the runs, 9% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 3:13. A harder second half: 1:00 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 9:52Running 1 4:58v median +0:12
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Block 02 8:53Running 2 6:39v median −0:01
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Block 03 14:40Running 3 9:24v median +2:31
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Block 04 14:37Running 4 7:09v median +0:14
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Block 05 13:06Running 5 7:14v median +0:10
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Block 06 9:24Running 6 7:27v median +0:29
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Block 07 13:18Running 7 7:12v median +0:14
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Block 08 16:21Running 8 8:13v median +0:33
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:57
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.