The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Doubles Open division at Gent 2025, Jan-Willem Tijl & Michael Fleming crossed the line in 1:03:59: 142nd of 1,164 men's teams, faster than 88% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 93% of the field beaten on the runs, 53% on the stations. The burpee broad jumps cost the most time: 0:38 slower than the median. Time in the roxzone, 4:42, was faster than 94% of the field.
Gent ran fast: the 874 teams who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:44 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:02Running 1 4:00v median −1:04
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Block 02 5:43Running 2 3:48v median −0:53
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Block 03 7:04Running 3 4:09v median −0:54
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Block 04 7:59Running 4 4:10v median −0:54
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Block 05 8:31Running 5 4:08v median −1:03
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Block 06 5:48Running 6 4:15v median −0:50
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Block 07 7:29Running 7 4:11v median −0:52
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Block 08 8:49Running 8 4:18v median −0:48
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:42
Against the middle of your field
Men · n = 1156
A pace, not a person: at every mat, the middle of the 1,156 men's teams who finished.