The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Olivia Bandle & Bonita Booysen finished 625th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 1:57:16.
Legs and stations told different stories: 36% of the field beaten on the runs, 4% on the stations. On the wall balls the field had the edge, by 4:59. The race faded late: the second half went 3:31 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
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 13:03Running 1 7:39v median +2:53
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Block 02 8:47Running 2 6:54v median +0:14
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Block 03 12:18Running 3 7:00v median +0:07
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Block 04 16:24Running 4 7:06v median +0:11
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Block 05 14:25Running 5 7:47v median +0:43
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Block 06 9:27Running 6 7:10v median +0:12
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Block 07 13:54Running 7 7:22v median +0:24
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Block 08 18:24Running 8 8:30v median +0:50
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 10:42
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.