The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:09:41 at Gent 2025 put Tom Mantelet & Pietro Villani 101st of 280 men's teams in the Doubles Open division, ahead of 64% of the field.
The stations carried this race: faster than 87% of the field across all eight, against 63% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 0:41 on the median. Paced to finish: the second half went 2:09 better against the middle of the field than the first.
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 9:12Running 1 5:08v median +0:15
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Block 02 6:21Running 2 4:35v median −0:03
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Block 03 7:56Running 3 4:53v median −0:10
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Block 04 7:26Running 4 4:52v median −0:13
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Block 05 9:15Running 5 4:56v median −0:17
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Block 06 6:05Running 6 4:39v median −0:23
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Block 07 7:22Running 7 4:41v median −0:23
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Block 08 8:39Running 8 4:36v median −0:29
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:34
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.