The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Glen Van Den Bulcke finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 1:02:04 for 25th of 1,428 men in the Open division.
The burpee broad jumps were the standout, 2:00 quicker than the median and 40th of 1,428. Stronger after halfway: 1:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:20, was faster than 99% of the field.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:59Running 1 3:33v median −1:17
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Block 02 6:03Running 2 3:14v median −1:23
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Block 03 7:42Running 3 3:24v median −1:36
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Block 04 6:55Running 4 3:31v median −1:27
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Block 05 8:04Running 5 3:38v median −1:31
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Block 06 4:58Running 6 3:29v median −1:29
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Block 07 6:53Running 7 3:33v median −1:23
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Block 08 9:21Running 8 3:46v median −1:30
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:20
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.