The race, in three figures
The race, in words
In the Open division at Gent 2025, Nathan De Cock crossed the line in 1:16:09: 352nd of 1,428 men, faster than 75% of the field.
Legs and stations told different stories: 97% of the field beaten on the runs, 30% on the stations. If there was time left out there, it was on the wall balls, 2:46 behind the median. Quick through the roxzone: 4:58, ahead of 93% of the field.
Gent ran fast: the 938 athletes who also raced elsewhere this season were about 0:26 quicker here than at their other races.
Eight blocks
Bar = field beaten · tick = median
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Block 01 8:07Running 1 3:34v median −1:16
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Block 02 7:19Running 2 3:30v median −1:07
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Block 03 8:52Running 3 3:46v median −1:14
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Block 04 10:06Running 4 3:55v median −1:03
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Block 05 8:38Running 5 3:58v median −1:11
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Block 06 6:14Running 6 3:50v median −1:08
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Block 07 8:08Running 7 3:46v median −1:10
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Block 08 13:58Running 8 4:14v median −1:02
Roxzone, per block
Approach · Exit 4:58
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.