The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Melissa Kips finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 1:16:51 for 91st of 1,009 women in the Open division.
Legs and stations told different stories: 95% of the field beaten on the runs, 75% on the stations. Paced to finish: the second half went 1:41 better against the middle of the field than the first. Quick through the roxzone: 5:11, ahead of 97% 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 9:36Running 1 4:39v median −1:02
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Block 02 6:08Running 2 4:11v median −1:12
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Block 03 10:18Running 3 4:38v median −1:03
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Block 04 10:55Running 4 4:36v median −1:07
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Block 05 9:55Running 5 4:40v median −1:11
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Block 06 6:32Running 6 4:29v median −1:13
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Block 07 8:00Running 7 4:19v median −1:21
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Block 08 10:24Running 8 4:30v median −1:26
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
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.