The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:51:49 at Cape Town 2025 put Benita Niemann & Mari Niemann 580th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division.
A station race more than a running one: 45% of the field beaten on the stations, against 13% on the runs. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 0:38 behind the median. A harder second half: 1:10 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 10:21Running 1 5:31v median +0:45
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Block 02 9:51Running 2 8:06v median +1:26
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Block 03 14:40Running 3 10:21v median +3:28
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Block 04 13:45Running 4 9:02v median +2:07
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Block 05 14:32Running 5 8:55v median +1:51
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Block 06 10:37Running 6 8:35v median +1:37
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Block 07 13:14Running 7 8:58v median +2:00
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Block 08 15:38Running 8 10:05v median +2:25
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 9:19
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.