The race, in three figures
The race, in words
A top 10% finish for Valentine Collard at Gent 2025: 1:16:21, 85th of 1,009 women in the Open division.
The sandbag lunges were where this race was made, 1:29 ahead of the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:17 better against the middle of the field than the first. Time in the roxzone, 5:39, was faster than 92% 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 9:11Running 1 4:18v median −1:23
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Block 02 7:16Running 2 4:15v median −1:08
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Block 03 10:37Running 3 4:27v median −1:14
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Block 04 9:46Running 4 4:29v median −1:14
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Block 05 9:42Running 5 4:39v median −1:12
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Block 06 6:21Running 6 4:29v median −1:13
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Block 07 7:58Running 7 4:29v median −1:11
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Block 08 9:59Running 8 4:37v median −1:19
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:39
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.