The race, in three figures
The race, in words
1:27:00 at Gent 2025 put Susan van Gerven 318th of 1,009 women in the Open division, ahead of 69% of the field.
A station race more than a running one: 80% of the field beaten on the stations, against 59% on the runs. The sled pull was where this race was made, 1:14 ahead of the median. A harder second half: 1:06 more lost to the middle of the field after halfway than before it.
This was a quick course. Against their other races this season, the people who raced Gent gained about 1:32. 2:06 slower than at Maastricht 2024, the previous Open race.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 10:31Running 1 5:38v median −0:03
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Block 02 7:33Running 2 5:08v median −0:15
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Block 03 9:56Running 3 5:17v median −0:24
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Block 04 11:24Running 4 5:26v median −0:17
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Block 05 10:33Running 5 5:34v median −0:17
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Block 06 7:58Running 6 5:47v median +0:05
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Block 07 9:25Running 7 5:29v median −0:11
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Block 08 11:48Running 8 5:55v median −0:01
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 7:59
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.