The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Patience Nokukhanya Ngcamu & Patience Nkosingiphile Mwandla finished 710th of 723 women's teams in the Doubles Open division at Cape Town 2025, in 2:25:39.
If there was time left out there, it was on the sandbag lunges, 4:46 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 4:42 worse against the middle of the field than the first. 12:45 in the roxzone was slower than 95% of the field.
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 14:27Running 1 8:42v median +3:56
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Block 02 11:40Running 2 8:50v median +2:10
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Block 03 16:20Running 3 9:34v median +2:41
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Block 04 20:45Running 4 14:03v median +7:08
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Block 05 17:59Running 5 10:23v median +3:19
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Block 06 14:15Running 6 12:08v median +5:10
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Block 07 18:22Running 7 9:45v median +2:47
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Block 08 19:15Running 8 10:55v median +3:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 12:45
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.