The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melandi Le Roux & Michelle Le Roux finished 687th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 2:10:21.
A station race more than a running one: 30% of the field beaten on the stations, against 3% on the runs. A harder second half: 5:04 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it. 11:31 in the roxzone was slower than 92% 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 13:59Running 1 9:00v median +4:14
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Block 02 11:12Running 2 9:07v median +2:27
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Block 03 15:35Running 3 10:12v median +3:19
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Block 04 14:47Running 4 10:14v median +3:19
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Block 05 16:51Running 5 10:53v median +3:49
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Block 06 13:00Running 6 10:32v median +3:34
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Block 07 15:23Running 7 11:18v median +4:20
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Block 08 18:11Running 8 12:15v median +4:35
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 11:31
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.