The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Niels Beelen finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 1:01:40 for 20th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the burpee broad jumps: 2:08 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:32 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 4:37, ahead of 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:26.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:14Running 1 4:03v median −0:47
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Block 02 5:45Running 2 3:33v median −1:04
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Block 03 7:03Running 3 3:41v median −1:19
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Block 04 6:58Running 4 3:42v median −1:16
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Block 05 8:15Running 5 3:52v median −1:17
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Block 06 5:09Running 6 3:43v median −1:15
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Block 07 6:50Running 7 3:50v median −1:06
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Block 08 8:57Running 8 4:01v median −1:15
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:37
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.