The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Michiel Schroder & Nick Frese finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 1:02:26 for 20th of 280 men's teams in the Doubles Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 62% on the stations. Stronger after halfway: 1:14 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:43, was faster than 95% 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 7:30Running 1 3:42v median −1:11
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Block 02 5:42Running 2 3:43v median −0:55
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:01v median −1:02
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Block 04 7:04Running 4 3:58v median −1:07
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Block 05 8:24Running 5 4:08v median −1:05
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Block 06 5:45Running 6 4:02v median −1:00
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Block 07 6:50Running 7 4:09v median −0:55
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Block 08 8:39Running 8 4:16v median −0:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:43
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.