The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Halder Faraj & Fadi Kerkwijk finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 59:54 for 12th of 280 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 98% of the field beaten on the runs, 76% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 2:10 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:24, was faster than 97% of the field.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 0:44.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 7:42Running 1 3:41v median −1:12
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Block 02 5:38Running 2 3:25v median −1:13
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Block 03 7:19Running 3 3:56v median −1:07
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Block 04 6:58Running 4 3:57v median −1:08
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Block 05 8:14Running 5 4:01v median −1:12
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Block 06 5:24Running 6 3:55v median −1:07
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Block 07 6:54Running 7 3:58v median −1:06
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Block 08 7:28Running 8 3:49v median −1:16
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:24
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 278
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 278 men's teams who finished.