The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Hidde van der Beek & Merel Spanjers finished in the top 10% of the field at Gent 2025, in 1:01:54 for 27th of 863 mixed teams in the Doubles Open division.
Nowhere gained more than the wall balls: 1:03 on the median. Stronger after halfway: 2:40 better against the middle of the field than before it. Time in the roxzone, 4:29, was faster than 98% of the field.
Gent ran fast: the 592 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:42 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:10Running 1 4:21v median −1:16
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Block 02 6:05Running 2 3:54v median −1:19
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Block 03 7:48Running 3 4:06v median −1:25
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Block 04 7:11Running 4 3:55v median −1:37
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Block 05 8:07Running 5 3:59v median −1:39
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Block 06 5:34Running 6 3:59v median −1:33
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Block 07 7:12Running 7 3:51v median −1:40
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Block 08 7:26Running 8 3:53v median −1:44
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:29
Against the middle of your field
Mixed · n = 856
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 856 mixed teams who finished.