The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Zizipho Mbunjana & Lusanda Palafini finished 592nd of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:53:23.
The stations carried this race: faster than 38% of the field across all eight, against 14% on the runs. Paced to finish: the second half went 4:30 better against the middle of the field than the first. The roxzone cost time: 10:33, behind 89% of the field.
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 13:10Running 1 8:01v median +3:15
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Block 02 11:45Running 2 9:51v median +3:11
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Block 03 13:00Running 3 8:00v median +1:07
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Block 04 14:12Running 4 8:13v median +1:18
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Block 05 13:48Running 5 8:17v median +1:13
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Block 06 10:35Running 6 8:35v median +1:37
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Block 07 12:19Running 7 8:22v median +1:24
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Block 08 14:10Running 8 9:27v median +1:47
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:33
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.