The race, in three figures
The race, in words
Francisca Van Erp finished 226th of 1,009 women in the Open division at Gent 2025, in 1:23:24, faster than 78% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 89% of the field beaten on the stations, against 62% on the runs. Nowhere gained more than the sandbag lunges: 1:30 on the median. The race faded late: the second half went 2:12 worse 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 1:32.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
-
Block 01 9:31Running 1 4:49v median −0:52
-
Block 02 7:28Running 2 4:45v median −0:38
-
Block 03 9:55Running 3 5:26v median −0:15
-
Block 04 10:32Running 4 5:26v median −0:17
-
Block 05 10:39Running 5 5:24v median −0:27
-
Block 06 8:39Running 6 7:06v median +1:24
-
Block 07 8:42Running 7 5:14v median −0:26
-
Block 08 11:32Running 8 5:33v median −0:23
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 6:35
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.