The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:12:55 at Gent 2025 put Mehdi Rifai 221st of 1,428 men in the Open division, ahead of 85% of the field.
The runs carried this race: faster than 95% of the field over the eight kilometres, against 54% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 3:13 behind the median. The race faded late: the second half went 3:51 worse against the middle of the field than the first.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both. 4:07 slower than at Sharjah 2025, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:00Running 1 3:45v median −1:05
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Block 02 6:15Running 2 3:33v median −1:04
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Block 03 8:15Running 3 3:51v median −1:09
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Block 04 8:26Running 4 3:57v median −1:01
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Block 05 8:45Running 5 4:08v median −1:01
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Block 06 6:00Running 6 4:03v median −0:55
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Block 07 7:46Running 7 3:59v median −0:57
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Block 08 14:23Running 8 4:12v median −1:04
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:11
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1407
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,407 men who finished.