The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:14:33 at Gent 2025 put Pieter Schoenmakers on the age-group podium: 3rd of 49 in the 50–54 age group.
A station race more than a running one: 95% of the field beaten on the stations, against 48% on the runs. The sandbag lunges were the standout, 1:44 quicker than the median and 25th of 1,428. Stronger after halfway: 1:35 better against the middle of the field than before it.
Gent gave the field time back: about 0:26 faster than the average race this season, by 938 athletes who raced both.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 9:38Running 1 5:22v median +0:32
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Block 02 6:36Running 2 4:42v median +0:05
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Block 03 8:41Running 3 4:52v median −0:08
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Block 04 9:04Running 4 4:51v median −0:07
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Block 05 9:06Running 5 4:45v median −0:24
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Block 06 6:10Running 6 4:38v median −0:20
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Block 07 7:49Running 7 4:39v median −0:17
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Block 08 11:59Running 8 6:39v median +1:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 5:38
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.