The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Marleen Meij at Gent 2025: 1:15:40, 77th of 1,009 women in the Open division.
The runs carried this race: faster than 99% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 60% on the stations. The race faded late: the second half went 1:14 worse against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:46, was faster than 90% of the field.
Gent gave the field time back: about 1:32 faster than the average race this season, by 556 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:47Running 1 3:58v median −1:43
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Block 02 6:23Running 2 3:46v median −1:37
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Block 03 8:50Running 3 4:00v median −1:41
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Block 04 10:38Running 4 3:54v median −1:49
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Block 05 8:49Running 5 4:02v median −1:49
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Block 06 6:27Running 6 4:00v median −1:42
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Block 07 9:01Running 7 3:52v median −1:48
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Block 08 11:07Running 8 4:07v median −1:49
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:46
Against the middle of your field
Women · n = 994
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 994 women who finished.