The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Tafadzwa Shoko & Geraldine Kwenda finished 568th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:50:01.
Legs and stations told different stories: 34% of the field beaten on the runs, 10% on the stations. On the burpee broad jumps the field had the edge, by 5:00. Paced to finish: the second half went 3:54 better 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 12:45Running 1 7:28v median +2:42
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Block 02 8:40Running 2 6:49v median +0:09
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Block 03 12:41Running 3 6:58v median +0:05
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Block 04 17:02Running 4 7:23v median +0:28
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Block 05 13:38Running 5 7:42v median +0:38
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Block 06 9:35Running 6 7:34v median +0:36
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Block 07 12:18Running 7 7:33v median +0:35
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Block 08 14:41Running 8 8:46v median +1:06
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 8:50
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.